The Effect of a Workshop on Childhood Cancer on Students' Knowledge, Concerns, and Desire to Interact with a Classmate with Cancer

Abstract

Improved treatment for children with cancer has resulted in more children with cancer returning to school This study revolves a workshop for classmates of children with cancer in order to measure the effect of the workshop on students knowledge of cancer concerns about a child with cancer and desire to interact with the child with cancer This study contributes objective information about the benefits of educational programs to teach students about childhood cancer Students attending workshops on childhood cancer showed increased knowledge, increased desire to interact, but no significant decrease or increase in concerns about the child with cancer.