Terrah Foster Akard, associate professor of nursing, is halfway into a four-year study to recruit children with advanced or relapsed cancer via Facebook and test a web-based tool that helps children create stories about who they are. The research is in partnership with the Palliative Care Research Cooperative, and is supported by a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health.
February 14, 2017
Using the Internet for good
Terrah Foster Akard is helping children facing serious and life-threatening illness create a digital record of their lives, and measuring the impact the practice has on their emotional wellbeing.