A pilot feasibility study of , a telephone-delivered cancer parenting education program for Hispanic mothers.

Objective: To test the short-term impact of , a culturally adapted cancer parenting education program for diagnosed child-rearing Hispanic mothers.

Design: Single group, pre-post-test design.

Sample: 18 U.

Examination of Social Determinants of Health, District Health Needs, School Nurse Caseload, and Academic Outcomes in Washington State.

The purpose of this study was to examine associations between caseload, social determinants, health needs, students meeting grade-level English and Math standards, and attendance. Data from the Washington State Open Data Portal and Report Card were combined with District Health Assessment data from 264 school districts. Analyses of variance and linear stepwise regression analyses were conducted.

Helping Us Heal: telephone versus in-person marital communication and support counseling for spouse caregivers of wives with breast cancer.

Purpose: (1) To test the short-term impact of Helping Us Heal (HUSH), a telephone-delivered counseling program for spouse caregivers of women with breast cancer. (2) To compare outcomes from HUSH with outcomes from a historical control group which received the same program in-person.

Methods: Two-group quasi-experimental design using both within- and between-group analyses with 78 study participants, 26 in the within-group and 52 in the between-group analyses.

A pilot feasibility study of a group-delivered cancer parenting program: Enhancing Connections-Group.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and short-term impact of a 5-session fully manualized, group-delivered cancer parenting education program to diagnosed parents or surrogate parents with a school-age child.

Design: Single group, pre-post-test design with intent to treat analysis.

Sample: A total of 16 parents completed the program who were diagnosed within 12 months with non-metastatic cancer of any type (Stages 0-III), read and wrote English, had a child 5-17 years old who knew the parent's diagnosis.

The Effects of a Self-Instruction Package and Group Training on Trial-Based Functional Analysis Administration.

This study examined the effects of a self-instruction package comprised of a task analysis data sheet, detailed written instructions, and a small group performance feedback training on the training of 12 undergraduate students to conduct trial-based functional analyses (TBFAs). In contrast to previous research, training omitted technical language and did not include didactic instruction on the principles of applied behavior analysis or the underlying rationale for functional analysis methodology. Although the self-instruction package produced significant increases in performance and reliable data collection on the targeted problem behavior, small group performance feedback training was necessary to achieve mastery across all trial types.

Enhancing Connections-Palliative Care: A Quasi-Experimental Pilot Feasibility Study of a Cancer Parenting Program.

In 2018, >75,000 children were newly affected by the diagnosis of advanced cancer in a parent. Unfortunately, few programs exist to help parents and their children manage the impact of advanced disease together as a family. The Enhancing Connections-Palliative Care (EC-PC) parenting program was developed in response to this gap.

Using equivalence-based instruction to teach piano skills to children.

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of equivalence-based instruction (EBI) on learning to play individual notes and simple songs on the piano. Participants were 4 typically developing children and 4 children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They were exposed to a series of auditory-visual matching-to-sample procedures using musical stimuli.

Helping Her Heal: Randomized clinical trial to enhance dyadic outcomes in couples.

Objective: The objective of this study was to test the short-term efficacy of a brief, fully manualized marital communication and interpersonal support intervention for couples facing recently diagnosed breast cancer.

Methods: A total of 322 women diagnosed within 6 months with stages 0 to III breast cancer and their 322 spouse caregivers were enrolled. Spouses in the experimental group received five 30- to 60-minute intervention sessions at 2-week intervals by master's-prepared patient educators; controls received the booklet, "What's Happening to the Woman I Love?" Outcomes were assessed at 3, 6, and 9 months using the linear mixed models within an intent-to-treat analysis.

Using equivalence-based instruction to teach piano skills to college students.

The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of equivalence-based instruction (EBI) on the emergence of basic music reading and piano playing skills. Six female college students learned to identify three musical chord notations given their respective dictated names. Participants also learned to play chords on the piano following the dictated name of the chord, and to play the chords to a song on a keyboard.

Reduction of Rapid Eating in an Adolescent Female with Autism.

Rapid eating, a potentially dangerous and socially inappropriate behavior, has received relatively little attention in the literature. This study sought to extend the research in this area by further evaluating the effectiveness of a vibrating pager combined with a rule for increasing inter-response time between bites in one adolescent female diagnosed with autism. Results indicated that inter-response time increased from baseline only after a vocal prompt to "wait" was introduced across clinic and home settings.

The Enhancing Connections-Telephone study: a pilot feasibility test of a cancer parenting program.

Purpose: The purposes of the study were to (1) test the short-term impact of a telephone-delivered cancer parenting education program, the Enhancing Connections-Telephone (EC-T) Program, on maternal anxiety, depressed mood, parenting competencies, and child behavioral-emotional adjustment and (2) compare those outcomes with outcomes achieved from an in-person delivery of the same program (EC).

Methods: Thirty-two mothers comprised the sample for the within-group design and 77 mothers for the between-group design. Mothers were eligible if they had one or more dependent children and were recently diagnosed with stages 0-III breast cancer.

The effects of modeling contingencies in the treatment of food selectivity in children with autism.

The current study investigated the effectiveness of stating and modeling contingencies in increasing food consumption for two children with food selectivity. Results suggested that stating and modeling a differential reinforcement (DR) contingency for food consumption was effective in increasing consumption of two target foods for one child, and stating and modeling a DR plus nonremoval of the spoon contingency was effective in increasing consumption of the remaining food for the first child and all target foods for the second child.

The Enhancing Connections Program: a six-state randomized clinical trial of a cancer parenting program.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of a cancer parenting program for child rearing mothers with breast cancer, the Enhancing Connections Program. Primary goals were to decrease maternal depressed mood and anxiety, improve parenting quality, parenting skills and confidence, and enhance the child's behavioral-emotional adjustment to maternal breast cancer.

Method: A total of 176 mothers diagnosed within 6 months with Stage 0 to Stage III breast cancer and their 8- to 12-year-old child were recruited from medical providers in 6 states: Washington, California, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Arizona, and Indiana.

Helping Her Heal-Group: a pilot study to evaluate a group delivered educational intervention for male spouses of women with breast cancer.

Background: Distress in husbands of women with early-stage breast cancer may be equivalent to or even higher than their wives. Husbands often struggle to help and support their wives cope with the illness and its treatment. In response, we developed a five-session group educational counselling intervention (Helping Her Heal-Group (HHH-G)) for husbands of women with early-stage breast cancer.

Exploring a diffusion of benefit: does a woman with breast cancer derive benefit from an intervention delivered to her partner?

Purpose/objectives: To provide preliminary data on a diffusion of psychosocial benefit to women diagnosed with breast cancer when only their partners receive a psychoeducational intervention focused on the breast cancer experience.

Design: Single-group, pretest/post-test pilot study; participants served as their own controls.

Setting: Communities in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of psychiatric disorders in 8,169 male Vietnam War era veterans.

Objective: This study reports the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among a nationally distributed sample of Vietnam Era veterans assessed using standardized psychiatric interviewing methods.

Methods: In 1992, the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule was administered by telephone to 8,169 middle-aged males who served in the military during the Vietnam era (1965-1975).

Results: Approximately 72% of respondents reported a lifetime history and 36% reported a 12-month history of at least one psychiatric disorder.

The disclosure dilemma for gay men and lesbians: "coming out" at work.

This study examined disclosing sexual orientation at work for 220 gay men and 159 lesbians. Self-acceptance, the centrality of one's identity, how "out" one is to friends and family, employer policies, and perceived employer gay-supportiveness were associated with disclosure behaviors at work for gay/lesbian employees. Disclosing at work and working for an organization perceived to be more gay supportive was related to higher job satisfaction and lower job anxiety.