Predictors of Social Relationships for Children with Special Health Care Needs.

Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) experience various developmental challenges including difficulties in social relationships with peers. Using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs 2009-2010, this correlational study examined predictors of difficulty making and keeping friends among CSHCN. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the data.

Promoting Children's Health-Related Quality of Life.

Pediatric health care practitioners have the ability to impact a child's HRQoL. Children's HRQoL is well documented in the literature as an important matter for children receiving health care, with research to support its significance in their lives. Children and adolescents have much to teach practitioners, and listening to their perspectives of health care experiences has a direct effect on the clinician's ability to improve their HRQoL.

Building a legacy for children and adolescents with chronic disease.

Children and adolescents who undergo extensive health-related treatment benefit from sharing their experience. Here, we describe how one institution established a legacy program for patients during their chronic disease treatment and how their journeys were symbolized with the distribution of beads. The legacy bead program was designed to be individualized according to the patient's journey and treatment experiences.