Roadblock

 So, on Tuesday,  I encountered a roadblock with my research.  I am working on a Research Proposal for my Advanced Stats class.  We have to find and use a data set to work on for our assignment.  I wanted to use the Rosenberg Scale of Self-Esteem.  That was a green light!  However, the Stats professor informed me that my project on the self-esteem of adolescent cancer survivors with alopecia might not pass IRB approval because of HIPAA and the sensitivity of the issue.


So, I want to go in another direction.  I want to study school re-entry support from the medical team, administrators, and teachers for children with cancer.  I have not specified which age group yet.  I would have to read all the literature that I found today!  This might be harder to study!


I want to incorporate Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory.  I am still not sure how I will collect data or where I will reach out to. I will reach out to the Cancer Support Communities of North Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Plano. And maybe work with schools as an expert in that field.


Thanks for reading my blog!  Stay tuned!!

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