Advancing prevention and screening in younger adults living with low income: development, piloting and acceptability/appropriateness evaluation of A BETTER Life
We developed BETTER Life by adapting the original BETTER to focus on adults aged 18-39 years living with low income, piloted it, and evaluated its acceptability and appropriateness. Although BETTER Life was seen as an important program, recruitment for the larger-scale study will be challenging as young adults struggle with competing life priorities and the social determinants of health.
Authors
- Jill Konkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-4282)
- Donna Manca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6073-7715)
- Kris Aubrey‐Bassler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8680-6838)
- Peter Selby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5401-2996)
- Mary Ann O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6093-1040)
- Eva Grunfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9695-2118)
- Peter Donnelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-9673)
- Aïsha Lofters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-0894)
- Andrew D. Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-9347)
- Ambreen Sayani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5391-7769)
- Carolina Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5828-3582)
- Kimberly Devotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0401-2539)
- Tutsirai Makuwaza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5875-5196)
- Candace I. J. Nykiforuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-5475)
- Becky Wall
- Lawrence Paszat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3595-1493)
- Nicolette Sopcak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0795-2341)
- Linda Rabeneck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2375-0758)
- Kimberly Lepine
Institutions
- Andrews University (US)
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (CA)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Lakeridge Health (CA)
- Regional Municipality of Durham (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Durham College (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- Sunnybrook Research Institute
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pilot and Feasibility Studies
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01754-x
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Women's College Hospital
- University of Toronto
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research