Measuring Stigma in Pediatric Oncology: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Three Global Sites
Adapted measures detected high levels of stigma among patients with pediatric cancer and their caregiver proxies and demonstrated a lack of concordance in the reports. This suggests the importance of studying stigma in this population and the need to ask patients about their stigma without using proxy measures. The required adaptations suggest a need for stigma measures developed specifically for pediatric cancer.
Authors
- Annie Caceres-Serrano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8139-2170)
- Dylan Elizabeth Graetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-6910)
- Nadine Fraihat
- Hadeel Halalsheh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4803-1976)
- Thelma Velásquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8626-6244)
- Nickhill Bhakta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5282-7833)
- Lucía Fuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-5317)
- Sima Jeha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2835-5869)
- Sara M. Malone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0361-8733)
- Gia Ferrara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3435-8436)
- R.J. Tanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7458-9346)
- Inam Chitsike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-8372)
- Meenakshi Devidas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1099-3478)
- Lara Counts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5537-4229)
- Edith Matsikidze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1731-6136)
- Nester Chokwenda
- Yichen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-8817)
- Victor M. Santana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0320-5776)
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- King Hussein Cancer Center (JO)
- Parirenyatwa Hospital (ZW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JCO Global Oncology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/go.24.00213
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99