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- Title
Feasibility of Enhancing Parenting in Cancer, a psychoeducational intervention for communicating with children about parental cancer.
- Authors
Stafford, Lesley; Sinclair, Michelle; Rauch, Paula; Turner, Jane; Mann, G. Bruce; Newman, Louise; Wakefield, Claire E.; Gilham, Leslie; Mason, Kylie; Cannell, Julia; Little, Ruth; Schofield, Penelope
- Abstract
Study protocol for Enhancing Parenting in Cancer (EPIC): development and evaluation of a brief psycho-educational intervention to support parents with cancer who have young children. Keywords: cancer; communication; intervention; oncology; parent-child relationship; parenting; patient education; psychological support; psychooncology EN cancer communication intervention oncology parent-child relationship parenting patient education psychological support psychooncology 1172 1177 6 07/12/21 20210701 NES 210701 BACKGROUND Longitudinal data estimate that 1 in 353 Australian children under 12 experience parental cancer diagnosis; and this number is increasing.1 These children are at increased risk of adverse psychosocial outcomes,2 however, effective family communication about a parental cancer diagnosis may support child coping2 especially when developmentally appropriate language is used.3 Parents report communicating with their children about their diagnosis is a major challenge and want more instructive guidance from health professionals (HPs) about meeting their children's needs.4 Key Points Parents with cancer have high rates of distress and their children are at increased risk of adverse psychosocial outcomes. Feasibility of Enhancing Parenting in Cancer, a psychoeducational intervention for communicating with children about parental cancer A psychoeducational intervention entitled Enhancing Parenting in Cancer (EPIC), was developed to support adults with cancer parenting young children (3-12 years) and their co-parents.
- Subjects
COMMUNICATIVE disorders; ONCOLOGY nursing; PARENTING; CHILD mental health services
- Publication
Psycho-Oncology, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 7, p1172
- ISSN
1057-9249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pon.5655