Publications by authors named "Joanna Elizabeth Fardell"

Purpose: Ongoing survivorship care allows childhood cancer survivors the opportunity to address treatment-related health problems and improve their quality of life. However, many survivors do not adhere to their healthcare professionals' recommendations and the factors supporting their adherence remain unclear.

Patients And Methods: Long-term childhood cancer survivors completed the "Re-engage" program, which assessed survivors' heath needs and provided individualised recommendations for health interventions and surveillance developed by an expert multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

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Purpose: Many children suffer from a serious chronic illness. These children have greater risks of developing psychosocial difficulties, associated with school absenteeism and missed social opportunities. Through parents' perspectives, this study aimed to gain a holistic understanding of children's social experience in the context of chronic illness.

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Communication plays an essential role in social relationships. Yet it is unclear how young cancer patients and survivors communicate with peers, and whether this contributes to increased rates of social difficulties. We aimed to analyze how childhood cancer patients and survivors communicate about their cancer with family and peers.

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