2025
Racial/Ethnic and Linguistic Disparities in Self-reported Health-Related Quality of Life Among Children Undergoing Elective Surgery
Lim P, Fortier M, Kaplan S, Masague S, Kain Z. Racial/Ethnic and Linguistic Disparities in Self-reported Health-Related Quality of Life Among Children Undergoing Elective Surgery. Journal Of Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities 2025, 1-8. PMID: 40335849, DOI: 10.1007/s40615-025-02468-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnglish-speaking householdsLatinx childrenSpoken languageLinguistic disparitiesEnglish-speakingMental healthLanguageWhite childrenPreoperative anxietySelf-reported health-related quality of lifeHealth-related quality of lifeChild Health Ratings InventoriesEnglish-speaking LatinxSelf-reported HRQoLAcculturative stressSelf-reported HRQoL.Effect of race/ethnicityPre-operative anxietyChild self-reportQuality of lifeMultivariate general linear modelNon-Latinx WhiteLatinxChildren aged 4Health disparities
2024
Pain disparities attributed to linguistic minoritization in health care settings
Lim P, Fortier M, Kain Z. Pain disparities attributed to linguistic minoritization in health care settings. Journal Of Pain 2024, 104688. PMID: 39357614, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpoken languageEnglish-speaking childrenPain disparitiesEnglish-speaking familiesPain assessmentPain outcomesEnglishLanguagePain conceptsCommunication processMinoritized childrenHealth care settingsPediatric pain assessmentNarrative reviewInterpreter servicesHypothesized factorsRandomized controlled trialsPain communicationCare settingsHospital settingClinician biasDesign interventionsControlled trialsEmpirical researchSystemic factors
2012
Exploring the Impact of Cultural Background on Parental Perceptions of Children's Pain
Batista M, Fortier M, Maurer E, Tan E, Huszti H, Kain Z. Exploring the Impact of Cultural Background on Parental Perceptions of Children's Pain. Children's Health Care 2012, 41: 97-110. DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2012.656553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's pain expressionCultural backgroundGreatest misconceptionsHispanic parentsEnglishSpanishPain expressionChildren's expressionsEthnic backgroundWhite parentsLanguageParental attitudesMisconceptionsMore emphasisPerceptionHispanic counterpartsParents' perceptionsParentsParents of childrenOutpatient surgeryChildren's painBackgroundEthnicityPerception QuestionnairePain
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