A parent‐directed intervention for addressing academic risk in Latino survivors of childhood leukemia: results of a pilot study

Cognitive outcomes among Latino survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma: A cross‐sectional cohort study using culturally competent, performance‐based assessment

“…This was a cross-sectional cohort study nested in our Institutional Review Board approved childhood cancer survivorship research database that is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01518400). As described in detail elsewhere, 21 we developed a parent-directed clinical service as part of the standard of care that offers culturally and linguistically competent cognitive assessment and parental training in school advocacy and support for children and adolescents undergoing their initial survivorship evaluation following treatment for ALL and LL.…”

Tackling inequalities in cancer care and outcomes: psychosocial mechanisms and targets for change

“…Over 50 papers were submitted to the call for this issue (the most for any Psycho‐Oncology special issue to date), and 148 reviewers based in 14 different countries have been involved in peer‐reviewing the submissions. Sixteen of the submissions are included in this special issue: 3 literature reviews, 9 research papers, and 3 clinical correspondence pieces, as well as a report from the International Federation of Psycho‐Oncology Societies which documents and highlights the heterogeneity of the federated societies and the global between‐country differences in the development and implementation of psycho‐oncology care …”

“…Collectively, the papers in this special issue use a wide range of methodologies and analytic techniques with a diverse range of samples, to look at disparities in cancer care and outcomes at several points on the cancer continuum: from screening, to symptom attribution, to diagnosis, treatment and care, and into survivorship, in relation to a number of different factors: chiefly education, ethnicity, and cultural factors (such as religious beliefs and English language proficiency) and the presence of comorbid health conditions but also residential location, age, and relationship status . For example, Ruiz and colleagues examine differences in smoking, alcohol, and drug use on the basis of age and ethnicity among adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer, who remain at risk for poor long‐term health outcomes.…”

“…For example, research in many countries consistently finds an elevated incidence of prostate cancer among men of African descent, and there is strong evidence of a disproportionately high breast cancer mortality rate in African American women, even after accounting for socioeconomic status . Nine of the papers in this issue seek to enhance our understanding of ethnic and cultural cancer disparities . For instance, Seymour‐Smith and colleagues elucidate reasons for the low uptake of digital rectal examination screening for prostate cancer among UK African‐Caribbean men.…”

“…Two other aspects of the intervention (information sheets and a question prompt list) were unused by many participants, suggesting that in future work the intervention should be simplified. Bava et al appraise a parent‐directed psychoeducational intervention to improve scholastic attainment among survivors of childhood leukemia; the intervention is part of the clinical services routinely provided at their US‐based institution, which treats a high proportion of Latino, lower socioeconomic status patients. They report that the intervention is valued by families and shows preliminary feasibility and efficacy.…”