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Advancing Pediatric Palliative Oncology Care in Nigeria: Leadership Insights from a National Multidisciplinary Assessment In progress
This research is about understanding how prepared healthcare professionals in Nigeria are to provide paediatric palliative oncology care, the barriers preventing them from delivering it effectively, and what health-syste…
Co-Designing Family-Centred Palliative Care: A Participatory Approach to Strengthening Paediatric Palliative Care Across Diverse Context In progress
By uniting children, families, clinicians, and policymakers in a structured workshop process, the study assesses a novel mechanism to develop CPC interventions that are cultural acceptable, child- and family-driven, inte…
Improving the Effectiveness of Nursing Palliative Care for Children in the Republic of Kazakhstan In progress
The aim of this dissertation research is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of organizational resources and professional competencies of nurses and to develop evidence-based practical recommendations for improving the…
PALLIAKID In progress
The EU-funded PALLIAKID project seeks to assess new interventions for young people in need of palliative care across Europe. The project places emphasis on early identification, comprehensive assessment, and the developm…
Hope4Kids In progress
The overall aim of HOPE4Kids is to bring together relevant actors from across Member States and countries associated to the EU4Health programme to advance PPC in paediatric oncology. The action will coordinate approaches…
NIHR Global Health Research Group on Global Health and Palliative Care (GHAP): Expanding access In progress
This project aims to develop ways for people in sub-Saharan Africa to receive palliative care if they need it, focusing on groups that we know are not getting the care they need.
EOLinPLACE In progress
Respecting preferences for place of death is important. The first step is to classify the dying places (home, hospital, among others) in a way that is meaningful for individuals. In this context, the EU-funded EOLinPLACE…
Clinical and epidemiological profile of children receiving palliative care at a hospital Completed
This retrospective cohort study analysed the clinical and epidemiological profile of 56 children receiving palliative care at a tertiary public pediatric hospital in Ceará, Brazil. Participants were children under three …
Pediatric Palliative Care: Building a Service Completed
This experience report describes the development and maintenance of a pediatric palliative care service at Hospital Infantil Albert Sabin, a tertiary public pediatric hospital in Ceará, Brazil. The service began in 2017 …
Bereaved parental evaluation of the quality of a palliative care program in Lebanon Completed
Saad R, Huijer HA, Noureddine S, Muwakkit S, Saab R, Abboud MR. Bereaved parental evaluation of the quality of a palliative care program in Lebanon. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Aug;57(2):310-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23082. Epu…
Perspectives of Nurses Managing Pediatric Oncology Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi City County, Kenya Completed
Abstract
Background: The Pediatric Oncology specialty at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) requires nurses to combine complex clinical care with high levels of emotional support to critical patients and families with m…
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