Children and Young People Response to Parental Illness ─ A Handbook of Assessment and Practice

Assessment of the impact of parental illness and disability has gathered significant momentum over recent years. This book provides an up-to-date and detailed handbook for a range of practitioners, on how a range of conditions impact upon children and young people. It also provides an overview of measurement issues when investigating these groups and gives recommendations for instrument selection in a number of parental conditions. Additionally, it offers critical evaluation of interventions developed to help children and young people adjust to the parental condition

David Morley, PhD, is a Senior Research Scientist in the Health Services Research Unit which is housed within the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford. He has published widely on the impact of parental illness, with a particular focus on the offspring of people with Parkinson’s disease. Dr Morley also has significant interests in outcome measurement and has contributed to the development of a number of instruments.

Xiaoming Li, PhD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Prevention Research Center at Wayne State University. He has been working with an interdisciplinary team of psychologists, anthropologists, sociologist, physicians, and other health care professionals for over 20 years in the areas of mental health and HIV research in both US and international settings. His research interests include the impact of parental HIV on children’s wellbeing and issues of parental disclosure of adverse events including HIV infection.

Crispin Jenkinson, DPhil, is Professor of Health Services Research and Unit Director of the Health Services Research Unit at the University of Oxford. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Harris Manchester College. Professor Jenkinson’s research interests include quality of life and health status measurement, the evaluation of patient experiences of medical care, and methodology. He also has extensive experience of developing and validating outcome measures.