Roberta L Woodgate

..The narratives in this paper are valuable to those healthcare professionals who seek to develop a greater understanding of how childhood cancer and its symptoms impacts on children's and families' ways of being in the world...

..The findings reinforce that more needs to be done in helping healthy siblings through childhood cancer...

..Although adolescents spoke to the significance that cancer had on their lives, they described themselves as "still being pretty much the same person."..

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..An understanding of the symptom trajectory, grounded in children's and families' experiences, is essential to providing comprehensive and sensitive care to children with cancer and their families...

..This study indicates that parents need more support not only during the initial decision-making period but also throughout the entire time their child is enrolled in a clinical trial...

..This paper reports a phenomenological study whose aim was to gain an understanding of what it was like to be an adolescent living with depression...

..Although the 3 key supportive relationships were essential in helping adolescents get through cancer, these relationships were at times a source of stress for adolescents...

..In this paper we present one of the factors, a matter of trust, that shaped Canadian parents' and children's perceptions and assessments of risk in child health research...

..The findings reinforce that children have a lot to tell us about how cancer makes them feel but may have difficulty communicating how they feel to nurses and other healthcare providers...

..To describe the childhood cancer symptom course experienced by children with cancer from the perspectives of the children and their families...

..The results highlight that the concept of health normalized by academics and public policy experts-as being inclusive of the broader determinants of health-might not be congruent with how youth regard health...

..This discussion is followed by a critique of the research with suggestions that will aid pediatric nurse researchers in conducting qualitative research when children with cancer are the research participants...

..To describe the issues related to delivering an early childhood home visiting program, BabyFirst, from the perspective of public health nurses and lay home visitors (paraprofessionals)...

..The method of concept analysis developed by Walker and Avant is used. The result is a definition of survivorship that is relevant and useful for research and clinical practice in pediatric oncology...

..To arrive at an understanding of the lived experience of healthy donor and nondonor siblings as they transition through the bone marrow transplantation (BMT) trajectory...

..This paper reports findings of how youth conceptualize smoking with attention to their perspectives on parental and family-related smoking issues and experiences...

..Little is known, however, about cancer survivors' decision making and actions related to modifying second cancer risk...

..Limitations in the conceptualization, research design, and research methods of the qualitative studies are discussed. Suggestions that will help researchers in conducting qualitative research with siblings are also presented...

..Strategies to support individuals' sense of self as they journey to a life reliant on LTMV are required...

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..To provide a systematic review of the secondary prevention practices of cancer survivors guided by the Interaction Model of Client Health Behavior...

..Recommendations for schools and health services in assisting adolescents to cope with this major life experience are made...

..To facilitate discussion, each of the four designs are applied to the study of symptom experiences in children with cancer...

..It is hoped that health care professionals can use this definition to address the shortcomings of existing programs and develop measures to assess the attributes of participation...

..quot; These findings should assist nurses in meeting families' education and support needs related to FIA...

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..This review used the Human Response to Illness (HRTI) model as an organizing framework...

..AT recommendations must be based on a thorough understanding of the role that AT plays in the lives of clients. Future research will further develop and validate the definition proposed in this study...

..This article discusses the role of the pediatric nurse practitioner in the management of children with chronic hepatitis B in the primary care setting...

..Key strategies that promote successful use of the qualitative paradigm in the study of children's illness experiences are also discussed...

..Findings showed that siblings have definite thoughts about how nurses and other health professionals should support them, but their support needs are not being met...

..quot; Description of this theory is the focus of this article. Ways that nurses can assist children and families in maintaining a sense of spirit are presented...

..Viewing cancer symptoms in the context of assigned meanings has implications for how symptoms are assessed and managed. The need to develop a children's symptom assessment tool based on assigned meanings is recommended...

..May a part of the spirits of those we care for be with us and live on in us forever, because their lingering spirits are sources of hope and strength, as this mother reinforced...

..pp. 37-54). Norwalk, CT: Appleton and Lane.] is employed. The result is a definition of transition that is relevant and useful for research and clinical practice in pediatric oncology...

..Findings yield new insights into how parents live with the death of a child...