Publications by authors named "Paula D Campos Gonzalez"
Article Synopsis
- The Children's Oncology Group (COG) Nursing Discipline aimed to gather information on how new diagnosis education is currently delivered across its member institutions, as practices were previously unknown.
- A survey conducted from July to October 2023 received responses from 146 out of 227 COG institutions, revealing that while many rely on resources like the COG Family Handbook, less than half have a defined process for education.
- The results indicate significant variability in practices, suggesting a need for more standardized approaches to improve new diagnosis education consistency across COG institutions.
Background: Parents of children with cancer must learn and retain crucial information necessary to provide safe care for their child. Smartphone applications (apps) provide a significant opportunity to meet the informational needs of these parents. We aimed to develop, refine, and evaluate a smartphone app, informed by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) expert consensus recommendations, to support the informational needs of parents of children with cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Childhood cancer survivors are at high risk for developing new cancers (such as cervical and anal cancer) caused by persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV vaccination is effective in preventing the infections that lead to these cancers, but HPV vaccine uptake is low among young cancer survivors. Lack of a healthcare provider recommendation is the most common reason that cancer survivors fail to initiate the HPV vaccine.
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