Researchers’ from Huntsman Cancer Institute Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Cancer [Adaptation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Health Insurance Literacy Intervention for Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients …]: Cancer

2025 MAR 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New study results on cancer have been published. According to news originating from Salt Lake City, Utah, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “We adapted CHAT, a four-session virtual program to help individuals affected by cancer manage insurance and medical costs for caregivers of pediatric cancer patients (called CHAT-C); we then pilot-tested CHAT-C. Eligible caregivers were ages 18+ and the primary caregiver to a pediatric cancer patient ( 25 years old) diagnosed in the past five years and treated at Primary Children’s Hospital.”

Funders for this research include K2r2r Pilot Grant; American Cancer Society; National Cancer Institute; National Center For Advancing Translational Sciences of The National Institutes of Health.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Huntsman Cancer Institute: “We conducted engagement studios to adapt the program. Feedback was evaluated using a rapid qualitative analysis framework and included content preferences, navigator preferences, logistics/structure, timing of delivery, and feasibility/acceptability. A small pilot test of CHAT-C was conducted; feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy were evaluated based on enrollment rates, qualitative feedback, and baseline/follow-up surveys. Participants in the pilot (* * n* * = 14) were primarily white (93%), married (93%), female (86%), ages 40-49 (50%), and college-educated (57%). Most participants (64%) completed all four sessions of CHAT-C. Those who did not complete the sessions cited a lack of time, a child’s disease progression, and a perceived lack of benefit.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Health insurance literacy (measured by nine items) improved by 10.8 points on average (SD = 6.0, range: 9-36) after CHAT-C. Caregivers of childhood cancer patients are willing to participate in a health insurance program, but some caregivers need less time-intensive options.”

For more information on this research see: Adaptation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of a Health Insurance Literacy Intervention for Caregivers of Pediatric Cancer Patients (CHAT-C). Current Oncology, 2025,32(2):69. The publisher for Current Oncology is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol32020069.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Amy Chevrier, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States. Additional authors for this research include Perla L. Vaca Lopez, Katie Rogers, Monique Stefanou, Karely M. van Thiel Berghuijs, Douglas Fair, Elyse R. Park, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Echo L. Warner.

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