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Caregivers
Intervention studies to improve outcomes in cancer patients and family members
Translation and dissemination of evidence-based programs of care in oncology
Quality of life: predictors of emotional and physical well-being in cancer survivors and their family caregivers
Dr. Northouse is a nurse scientist in the field of cancer research. She has conducted numerous studies that describe the effect of cancer on the family, and developed a model to identify patients and family members at higher risk of developing emotional distress following a diagnosis of cancer.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Northouse developed and tested a family-based program of care called FOCUS (Family involvement, Optimistic attitude, Coping effectiveness, Uncertainty reduction, Symptom management) for cancer patients and their family caregivers. The program addresses ways to help patients and caregivers communicate effectively, maintain hope, use active coping strategies, obtain information, and manage symptom distress. The FOCUS Program was originally delivered by nurses using a combination of face-to-face home visits and telephone calls. A tailored, web-based version of the FOCUS Program was also developed to help cancer patients and their family caregivers communicate more effectively while managing the demands of cancer. More recently, Northouse and colleagues conducted a series of implementation studies to determine the effect of the FOCUS Program on patient and caregiver outcomes when implemented in various Cancer Support Community affiliates in the U.S. (Michigan, Ohio, California) by agency social workers and family therapists. Currently, Northouse is collaborating with palliative care researchers in Europe who are comparing outcomes associated with an enhanced nurse-delivered program (FOCUS+) versus an expanded web-delivered program (iFOCUS) in a study that is being funded by the European Union (J. Cohen PI). The study will be conducted with advanced cancer patients and their family caregivers in six countries in Europe (Denmark, Netherlands, England, Ireland, Belgium, and Italy). Northouse is also collaborating with researchers in Australia who are adapting the FOCUS program to address the needs of palliative care patients and their family caregivers in Australia (FOCUSau), with funding from the Australian government (P. Hudson, PI).
Dr. Northouse's research has been funded by the National Institute for Nursing Research, National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research, and the Michigan Department of Community Health.
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JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINEno. Supplement_1 (2023)
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Joseph Daniels,Rob Stephenson, Shelby Langer,Laurel Northouse, Roxana Odouli,Channa Amarasekera, Stephen Vandeneeden,Marvin Langston
International journal of environmental research and public healthno. 10 (2023): 5756-5756
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ONCOLOGY NURSING FORUMno. 2 (2023)
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Yufen Lin,Laura S. Porter,Wonshik Chee, Olatunji B. Alese,Kimberly A. Curseen,Melinda K. Higgins,Laurel Northouse,Canhua Xiao
JMIR research protocols (2023): e48499-e48499
PSYCHO-ONCOLOGYno. 11 (2023): 1744-1751
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