A culturally adapted family intervention for African American families coping with parental cancer: outcomes of a pilot study

Davey, Maureen; Kissil, Karni; Lynch, Laura; Harmon, La Rhonda; Hodgson, Nancy

doi:10.1002/pon.3172

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“…Such programs can include support groups, counseling, psycho-education, and family therapy [9]. Families involved in support programs or interventions reported beneficial outcomes in terms of communication and coping, and family members addressed the interventions favorably [1,52]. Parents also felt they had better insight into their children's experience of parental cancer [1,27,38], parent-child communication improved [27,38], and family conflict was reduced [27,38].…”

Section: Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 84%

The well-being of children impacted by a parent with cancer: an integrative review

Morris

Martini

Preen

2016

Support Care Cancer

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Section: Support Servicesmentioning

confidence: 84%

The well-being of children impacted by a parent with cancer: an integrative review

Morris

Martini

Preen

2016

Support Care Cancer

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“…Conversely, Davey et al . 's () bi‐monthly culturally adapted family intervention found no impact on parent or child depression scores, or relationship quality post‐intervention. However, statistically significant increases in communication as measured by the General Communication Scale (Barnes & Olson ) were reported between pre‐ and post‐intervention scores in both parents (large effect size d = 1.50) and school age children (medium effect size d = 0.72) compared with controls (psycho‐education group).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Intervention frequency and length varied considerably, from bi‐annual or monthly sessions (Greening ; Heiney & Lesesne ; Davey et al . ), to time‐limited structured interventions, typically between 4 and 8 sessions (Taylor‐Brown et al . ; John et al .…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children's psychosocial needs and existing interventions

Ellis

Wakefield

Antill³

et al. 2016

Eur J Cancer Care

109

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This review aimed to (1) summarise the psychosocial needs of children/adolescents (0-18 years) with a parent with cancer across the illness trajectory (diagnosis to bereavement) and (2) evaluate existing interventions for this population. Medline, CINAHL, PsychInfo, EMBASE and Social Work Abstracts were systematically searched for articles published from 1985 to 2015. Of 98 full text articles retrieved, 12 reported on children's psychosocial needs, and 12 intervention studies were identified. Each article was appraised in accordance with the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. Three factors emerged as critical to consider in future intervention development: (1) Children need age-appropriate information about their parent's cancer; (2) Children require support communicating with parents, family members and health professionals and (3) Children need an environment where they feel comfortable sharing positive/negative emotions and can have their experiences normalised among peers. All intervention studies reported at least one positive outcome, however, only five reported significant improvements in child/family functioning based on validated quantitative measure/s. Variability in study design and quality, combined with considerable heterogeneity in intervention characteristics and outcome variables limited the conclusions, which could be drawn. Therefore, further carefully designed and scientifically evaluated interventions for children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis are clearly warranted.

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“…After scrutinising the remaining 28 articles, four studies satisfied the selection criteria. Of the 24 texts excluded, 20 were not classified as evaluative studies and four focused solely on parents with early stage cancer (stages 0-III) (Davey, Kissil, Lynch, Harmon, & Hodgson, 2013;Davis Kirsch, Brandt, & Lewis, 2003;John, Becker, & Mattejat, 2013;Lewis et al, 2015). Table 1 provides a summary of the psychosocial intervention program study characteristics.…”

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Psychosocial Interventions for Parents with Incurable End‐Stage Cancer: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

Steiner

Shlonsky

Joubert

2017

Australian Psychologist

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Objective Parenting is a primary concern for patients with minor children facing palliative‐stage cancer, yet psychosocial support addressing parenting concerns during end‐stage cancer is not routinely provided in the healthcare setting. The purpose of this review is to: (a) identify evaluation studies describing psychosocial interventions for parents with incurable end‐stage cancer; and (b) review the effectiveness evidence. Method This review was based on a rapid evidence assessment using transparent and comprehensive search terms and narrative synthesis. Inclusion criteria were broad and consisted of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method studies that focused on psychosocial interventions for parents with advanced cancer. Results Four studies were identified, but only one of these reported results specific to parents with end‐stage cancer. A child‐centred and family‐focused approach was central to all program interventions. All programs encompassed a structured format with the majority being dedicated to providing both individual and family sessions. The studies varied in methodological quality and all used small, non‐representative samples limiting the generalisability of the findings. There were no high quality quantitative studies that specifically address outcomes for this parent group and few qualitative studies that detail parents’ intervention experience. Conclusions The findings suggest that targeted, child‐centred, family‐focused psychosocial interventions are sometimes used to support adult patients with parenting during end‐stage cancer. These purport to promote child‐parent communication and to contribute to parent psychosocial wellbeing. Further research using larger parent populations from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds is required. More importantly, comparative effectiveness studies are needed that test the timing, delivery, and content of these interventions.

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A culturally adapted family intervention for African American families coping with parental cancer: outcomes of a pilot study

Cited by 39 publications

References 31 publications

The well-being of children impacted by a parent with cancer: an integrative review

The well-being of children impacted by a parent with cancer: an integrative review

Supporting children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children's psychosocial needs and existing interventions

Psychosocial Interventions for Parents with Incurable End‐Stage Cancer: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

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