Current Projects

A Study of Psychosocial Distress and Parenting Concerns

This National Institutes of Health/ National Cancer Institute funded study sought to validate a questionnaire that measures the levels of concern that adults with cancer have about their children who are 18 years of age or younger. It was conducted in two phases: a focus group phase to gather open-ended information about what parents are concerned about, and development and testing of a survey questionnaire that measures levels of distress and parenting concerns.

We hope that this Parenting Concerns Questionnaire will be useful to other researchers, and clinicians. Our goal is to raise awareness among professionals about the issues facing parents with cancer, and encourage them to address these concerns during cancer treatment.