Understanding the social determinants of child health is a prominent area of research. This paper examines the measurement of socioeconomic position in a sample of families of children with cancer. Socioeconomic position is difficult to measure in pediatric health research due to sensitivity of asking about finances when research is conducted in health care delivery settings, financial volatility associated with periods of pediatric illness, and difficulty recruiting fathers to research.Caregivers of children with cancer (n = 76) completed a questionnaire that included the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status (SSS). SSS was measured using two 10-rung ladders with differing referent groups: the US and respondents’ communities. Respond...
Abstract A large literature uses parental evaluations of child health status to provide evidence on ...
The construct of quality of life was developed as a means to assess an individual’s functioning acro...
Children from lower-income households are at increased risk for poor health, educational failure, an...
INTRODUCTION: Understanding the social determinants of child health is a prominent area of research....
Introduction: Understanding the social determinants of child health is a prominent area of research....
Objective To identify factors that influence the association between parent and child distress among...
Parents of children with cancer report higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to those of hea...
Background: In serious health conditions, like childhood cancer, parent proxy reports are used for o...
Objective To identify factors that influence the association between parent and child distress among...
ObjectiveWe examined (1) the relationship that parental objective social status (OSS) and subjective...
textabstractDespite increased recognition of the importance of investigating socio-economic inequali...
Objective: The aim of the present study is to determine the relation between the satisfaction of par...
This article describes the method applied to measure socioeconomic status (SES) and subjective socia...
Objective. Eliminating health disparities, including those that are a result of socioeconomic status...
Background Two new sets of stratification indicators – family's material affluence and adolescent...
Abstract A large literature uses parental evaluations of child health status to provide evidence on ...
The construct of quality of life was developed as a means to assess an individual’s functioning acro...
Children from lower-income households are at increased risk for poor health, educational failure, an...
INTRODUCTION: Understanding the social determinants of child health is a prominent area of research....
Introduction: Understanding the social determinants of child health is a prominent area of research....
Objective To identify factors that influence the association between parent and child distress among...
Parents of children with cancer report higher levels of depressive symptoms compared to those of hea...
Background: In serious health conditions, like childhood cancer, parent proxy reports are used for o...
Objective To identify factors that influence the association between parent and child distress among...
ObjectiveWe examined (1) the relationship that parental objective social status (OSS) and subjective...
textabstractDespite increased recognition of the importance of investigating socio-economic inequali...
Objective: The aim of the present study is to determine the relation between the satisfaction of par...
This article describes the method applied to measure socioeconomic status (SES) and subjective socia...
Objective. Eliminating health disparities, including those that are a result of socioeconomic status...
Background Two new sets of stratification indicators – family's material affluence and adolescent...
Abstract A large literature uses parental evaluations of child health status to provide evidence on ...
The construct of quality of life was developed as a means to assess an individual’s functioning acro...
Children from lower-income households are at increased risk for poor health, educational failure, an...