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Christine A Fortney1, Mercedes Pratt, Zackery D O Dunnells

  • 1Christine A. Fortney, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor and Mercedes Pratt, BSN, RN, is Graduate Student, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus. At the time this research was completed, Ms. Pratt was an undergraduate honors student at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus. Zackery D. O. Dunnells, BS, is Graduate Student in the Master of Social Work Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman. At the time this research was completed, he was a research assistant in the Center for Biobehavioral Health, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Joseph R. Rausch, PhD, is Associate Professor, Center for Biobehavioral Health, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Olivia E. Clark, BS, is Graduate Student in the Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. At the time this research was completed, she was a research assistant in the Center for Biobehavioral Health, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Amy E. Baughcum, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, and Department of Psychology and Neuropsychology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus. Cynthia A. Gerhardt, PhD, is Director, Center for Biobehavioral Health, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Professor, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, and Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus.

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