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Author: Faith Cummings Original Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Scott, AP Research Teacher Institution: 1 Avenue of the Arts, Newport News, 23606
The purpose of this project was to investigate the experiences of a family fighting childhoodcancer and analyze the support resources utilized and their impact on the journey. This was doneusing an individual case study of a family with a daughter fighting childhood cancer. Data weregathered from interviews, email questionnaires and observations conducted by the researcher andtwo resiliency scales. To ensure anonymity, any identifiers were changed. Data collected werecoded based on the key experiences of cancer and how those led to the utilization of varioussupport resources. Then, the researcher analyzed the impact the support resource had on thefamily and child’s experiences and journey overall to identify possible trends. The researchindicated that with support, the cancer journey can be enhanced for the family. Also, with theproper support from those in the life of the child fighting cancer, resilience can be fostered.However, due to the nature of this study, the results of the research conducted cannot be appliedto other families fighting childhood cancer. There needs to be more research conducted on thistopic to determine whether the results of this study are isolated or part of a larger trend.
Presenter: Faith Cummings
Institution: Christopher Newport University
Type: Poster
Subject: Sociology
Status: Approved
