Table 2.

Research agenda summary

Priority research topics	Relevant agenda items1
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Determining effectiveness and safety of lifestyle interventions in real-world settings with populations that are diverse with regard to race and ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and comorbidities (agenda item 1)	X
Developing and refining personalized lifestyle interventions: what works best for whom? (agenda items 1, 2)	X	X
Investigating provider- and system-level barriers to screening, brief counseling, and referral to lifestyle intervention programs (agenda items 2, 3, 5)		X	X		X
Developing and testing models of screening, brief counseling, and referral (agenda items 2, 5), including testing navigation to rehabilitation or lifestyle programs as part of CMS novel payment delivery pilots (agenda item 6)		X			X	X
Developing and testing models of program delivery in both clinical and community settings (agenda items 1, 3, 4, 5)	X		X	X	X
Determining the effects of lifestyle interventions for cancer survivors on health care utilization, quality indicators (NQF), and costs (agenda item 6)						X
Cross-cutting methodological and design considerations
Utilizing multi-level, cluster randomized designs to test organizational and survivor impact Conducting pragmatic trials Inclusion of recognized quality measures, and development of quality indicators for diet, physical activity, and weight management outcomes Involving diverse stakeholders in development and design of research: survivors, providers, lifestyle intervention professionals, community organizations, health care administrators, payers

¹Agenda items: (1) Expand the availability of a range of evidence-based options for weight management, nutrition counseling, and physical activity programs for cancer survivors; (2) Improve screening and referral of survivors to exercise, nutrition, and weight management services; (3) Improve health care providers’ capability and capacity to screen/assess and refer survivors to weight management, diet, and exercise information, programs, and services; (4) Increase and support the oncology-specific training and certification of dietitians, exercise professionals, physical therapists and physiatrists to increase the competency of the workforce needed to appropriately deliver services to cancer survivors; (5) Expand dissemination and implementation research to test models for service delivery; (6) Advocate for and leverage healthcare policy changes that support availability, access, affordability, and uptake of services