Mental health disparities between hispanic and non-hispanic parents of childhood cancer survivors

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1470-1477

  Meeske, Kathleen A ^a,b   Sherman Bien, Sandra ^c   Hamilton, Ann S ^b   Olson, Anamara Ritt ^b   Slaughter, Rhona ^b   Kuperberg, Aura ^a   Milam, Joel ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Depression; Hispanic; Parents of childhood cancer survivors; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BONE CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL STRESS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACCULTURATION; DEPRESSION; HISPANIC; PARENTS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84880367677     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24527     Document Type: Article

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