COVID-19 impact, resilience, and child quality of life: A dyadic analysis.

COVID-19 public health measures caused significant disruptions to child and caregivers' mental and physical well-being, including quality of life (QoL). However, in samples outside the United States (U.S.

Certified Child Life Specialist role in implementation of individualized coping plans for children receiving botulinum toxin injections.

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of evidence-based, individualized coping plans and to compare the rates of child anxiety, child cooperation, and parent anxiety before and after implementation of these coping plans for children receiving recurring BoNT-A injections emphasizing the role of Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLSs) within the interdisciplinary team approach.

Design And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for children receiving BoNT-A injections at a Physical Medicine clinic pre- and post-implementation of the coping plan. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate care plan implementation, child cooperation, child anxiety, and parent anxiety.

An Exploration of COVID-19 Impact and Vaccine Hesitancy in Parents of Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HCT) Recipients.

There is paucity of data on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst parents of pediatric (age ≤ 17 years) hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determined COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and COVID-19 impact on family and related distress in this population. A national group (n = 80) was recruited via social media (Facebook) from February-May 2021.