Thiago Doria Rego, Juliana Rezende Montenegro Medeiros de Moraes, Ivone Evangelista Cabral, Tania Vignuda de Souza
Self-care deficits reported by school children with cystic fibrosis
Journal of pediatric nursing
address unique behavioral health challenges facing militaryconnected children mcc parental deployment reintegration developed lowcost lowburden schoolbased intervention staying strong schools ssws ssws builds upon best educational practice formalizing relationships administrators guidance staff teachers parents enhance social connection support psychosocial functioning mcc previously evaluated feasibility acceptability intervention open pilot 2 elementary schools finding high feasibility high acceptability randomized controlled trial 10 civilian elementary schools conducted examine efficacy ssws ten schools randomly assigned ssws versus educational pamphlet waitlist control condition participants included 56 mcc assessed measures behavioral emotional functioning perceived social support mental health symptoms beginning middle end school year course school year parents intervention schools reported child exhibited less internalizing behavior nonintervention school parents differences parent report child externalizing behavior children ssws schools reported greater perceived social support children control schools findings smallscale randomized controlled trial suggest ssws might efficacious supporting mcc civilian elementary schools support larger scale implementation test efficacy