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Developing a Single-Session Intervention to Support Adolescent Siblings of Children with Cancer

US National Cancer Institute grant open #nih-1K08CA293333-01A1

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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at-risk for psychological distress and report unmet needs in response to their sibling’s cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, most siblings do not have access to support services due to multiple barriers, including their absence from the hospital setting, inadequate staffing, billing challenges, and a paucity of widely disseminated evidence-based sibling interventions, which ultimately leads to significant service gaps and siblings being overlooked. Digital single-session interventions (SSI) significantly decrease psy

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