A review of paediatric palliative care nursing education in Latin America.

Around the world, children suffering from catastrophic illnesses need quality palliative nursing care. However, unstable economic, social, and political structures in developing nations have delayed the advancement of paediatric palliative care programs in some regions. This systematic literature review primarily focuses on paediatric palliative care in Latin American countries.

Conjoint analysis: using a market-based research model for healthcare decision making.

Background: Conjoint analysis is a market-based research model that has been used by businesses for more than 35 years to predict consumer preferences in product design and purchasing. Researchers in medicine, healthcare economics, and health policy have discovered the value of this methodology in determining treatment preferences, resource allocation, and willingness to pay.

Objectives: To describe the conjoint analysis methodology and explore value-added applications in nursing research.

Access to breast cancer screening services for women with disabilities.

Objective: To identify barriers to breast cancer screening services encountered by women with physical disabilities.

Design: Phenomenologic design using a semi-structured interview guide to explore the experiences of women with disabilities seeking breast cancer screening services.

Setting: Face-to face interviews conducted in the homes of women from the urban and rural mid-south.

The impact of managed behavioral health care on youth in the juvenile justice system.

The purpose of this study was to describe how managed behavioral health care affects youth in the juvenile justice system with behavioral health disorders. A multiple case study consisting of 30 semistructured interviews of officials in the local, state, and federal juvenile justice system was performed. The study found that agreement exists among officials that managed behavioral health care acts as a barrier to behavioral health care for juvenile justice youth.

Recovery of injured children: parent perspectives on family needs.

Objective: To study the broader impact of emotional and financial burdens of injury in children on their families, along with solutions to these problems.

Design: Focus groups were conducted to reveal the needs of parents and children after injury. Audiotaped semistructured interviews were conducted by a team of qualitative researchers.