Webinar Information

Webinar Description

Patients with cancer who have minor-age children at home face unique psychosocial challenges in coping with impact of their diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. A parental cancer diagnosis threatens to disrupt family functioning, re-organize roles and responsibilities in the home, and negatively affect parenting self-efficacy. A parent’s ability to navigate these challenging times can have ramifications for years to come. The current webinar will provide an overview of the extent research in this field, offer strategies that providers can use to enhance the coping of parents with cancer, and describe a new clinic at UNC designed specifically to address the challenges facing this subset of the cancer population.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the relevant research conducted on patients with cancer who have minor-age children at home
• Implement strategies to that can help parents cope with the unique challenges of their situation
• Identify available resources to share with patients with cancer who have minor-age children at home

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Handouts

• 2-Up Version
• 3-Up Version

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