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Implementation Of Family Psychosocial Risk Assessment In Pediatric Cancer With The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (Pat): Study Protocol For A Cluster-Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial, Anne E Kazak, Janet A Deatrick, Michele A Scialla, Eric Sandler, Rebecca E Madden, Lamia P Barakat
Implementation Of Family Psychosocial Risk Assessment In Pediatric Cancer With The Psychosocial Assessment Tool (Pat): Study Protocol For A Cluster-Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial, Anne E Kazak, Janet A Deatrick, Michele A Scialla, Eric Sandler, Rebecca E Madden, Lamia P Barakat
Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: Childhood cancer affects and is affected by multiple levels of the social ecology, including social and relational determinants of health (e.g., economic stability, housing, childcare, healthcare access, child and family problems). The 2015 Standards of Psychosocial Care in Pediatric Cancer outline optimal psychosocial care sensitive to these ecological factors, starting with assessment of psychosocial healthcare needs to promote medical and psychosocial outcomes across all children with cancer. To address the first standard of family psychosocial assessment, the Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) is a validated screener ready for broad implementation.
METHOD: The PAT will be implemented across a national sample …