Parent-Child Behavioral Interactions during Pediatric Immunizations in a Latino Sample.

A number of studies have found that specific parent behaviors are strong predictors of child medical procedural distress or coping. These findings have informed treatment protocols to lower children's distress during invasive medical events. However, the vast majority of this research has been conducted on predominately North American, English-speaking, Caucasian samples.

Self-reported health problems of young adults in clinical settings: survivors of childhood cancer and healthy controls.

Purpose: Increasing numbers of childhood cancer survivors are being seen in primary care settings as young adults. It is unknown how their self-reported health problems differ from those of healthy young adults. Self-reported health problems of cancer survivors and healthy controls are compared in this study.