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Overview

Claire E. Wakefield is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on pediatrics, perinatology, and child health. Within this domain, Wakefield has contributed extensively to studies on childhood cancer survivors' quality of life and related fields.

Their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, genetics, and clinical psychology. This interdisciplinary approach supports a broad understanding of health outcomes and care in pediatric populations.

Wakefield's recent papers cover various aspects of cancer care and survivorship. Notable publications include:

  • Psychological Outcomes, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Neurocognitive Functioning in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents (2020) - Pediatric Clinics of North America
  • Cancer care disruption and reorganisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: A patient, carer and healthcare worker perspective (2021) - PLoS ONE
  • Recommendations for the surveillance of mental health problems in childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors: a report from the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group (2022) - The Lancet Oncology
  • Long-term care for people treated for cancer during childhood and adolescence (2022) - The Lancet
  • Interactive video games to reduce paediatric procedural pain and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021) - British Journal of Anaesthesia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wakefield include:

  • Richard J. Cohn
  • Christina Signorelli
  • Kate Hetherington
  • Jordana K. McLoone
  • Lauren Kelada

Wakefield often publishes in key venues related to pediatric and cancer research. Major publication outlets include:

  • Pediatric Blood & Cancer
  • Cancers
  • Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • PLoS ONE

Their primary topics of investigation center around childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, family support in illness, palliative care and end-of-life issues, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, family and disability support research, ethics and legal issues in pediatric healthcare, and BRCA gene mutations in cancer.

Best Publications

  • Barriers and facilitators of exercise experienced by cancer survivors: a mixed methods systematic review

    Briana K. Clifford;David Mizrahi;David Mizrahi;Carolina X. Sandler;Benjamin K. Barry;Benjamin K. Barry

  • Understanding the school experiences of children and adolescents with serious chronic illness: a systematic meta-review.

    A. Lum;C. E. Wakefield;C. E. Wakefield;B. Donnan;B. Donnan;B. Donnan;M. A. Burns;M. A. Burns

  • Parental adjustment to the completion of their child's cancer treatment†

    Claire E. Wakefield;Claire E. Wakefield;Jordana K. McLoone;Jordana K. McLoone;Phyllis Butow;Kate Lenthen

  • A systematic review of psychological interventions for adolescents and young adults living with chronic illness.

    Ursula M Sansom-Daly;Michelle Peate;Claire E Wakefield;Richard A Bryant

  • Health Literacy in Adolescents and Young Adults: An Updated Review.

    Ursula M Sansom-Daly;Merry Lin;Merry Lin;Eden G Robertson;Eden G Robertson;Claire E Wakefield;Claire E Wakefield

  • The Psychosocial Impact of Completing Childhood Cancer Treatment: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Claire E. Wakefield;Jordana McLoone;Belinda Goodenough;Kate Lenthen

  • Attitudes toward organ donation and donor behavior: a review of the international literature.

    Claire E Wakefield;Kaaren J Watts;Judi Homewood;Bettina Meiser

  • Primary Care Physicians' Perspectives of Their Role in Cancer Care: A Systematic Review.

    Renae A. Lawrence;Renae A. Lawrence;Jordana K. McLoone;Jordana K. McLoone;Claire E. Wakefield;Claire E. Wakefield;Richard J. Cohn;Richard J. Cohn

  • Hospital-based bereavement services following the death of a child: a mixed study review.

    Leigh A Donovan;Leigh A Donovan;Leigh A Donovan;Claire E Wakefield;Vera Russell;Richard J Cohn

  • Survivorship Care Plans in Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Care Plan Outcomes

    Rebecca E. Hill;Rebecca E. Hill;Claire E. Wakefield;Claire E. Wakefield;Richard J. Cohn;Richard J. Cohn;Joanna E. Fardell;Joanna E. Fardell

  • Supporting children facing a parent's cancer diagnosis: a systematic review of children's psychosocial needs and existing interventions

    S.J. Ellis;S.J. Ellis;C.E. Wakefield;C.E. Wakefield;G. Antill;M. Burns;M. Burns

  • The impact of long-term follow-up care for childhood cancer survivors: A systematic review.

    Christina Signorelli;Christina Signorelli;Claire E. Wakefield;Claire E. Wakefield;Joanna E. Fardell;Joanna E. Fardell;W. Hamish B. Wallace

  • Family information needs at childhood cancer treatment completion

    Claire E. Wakefield;Phyllis Butow;Catharine A.K. Fleming;Catharine A.K. Fleming;Gunar Daniel;Gunar Daniel

  • Online group-based cognitive-behavioural therapy for adolescents and young adults after cancer treatment: a multicenter randomised controlled trial of Recapture Life-AYA.

    Ursula M Sansom-Daly;Claire E Wakefield;Richard A Bryant;Phyllis Butow

  • Psychological Outcomes, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Neurocognitive Functioning in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents.

    Gisela Michel;Tara M. Brinkman;Claire E. Wakefield;Martha Grootenhuis

  • Smell and Taste Disorders Resulting from Cancer and Chemotherapy

    Jennifer Cohen;Claire E. Wakefield;David G. Laing

  • The psychological impact of genetic information on children: a systematic review.

    Claire E. Wakefield;Lucy V. Hanlon;Katherine M. Tucker;Andrea F. Patenaude

  • Distress and adjustment among adolescents and young adults with cancer: an empirical and conceptual review.

    Ursula M. Sansom-Daly;Claire E. Wakefield

  • Returning to School After Adolescent Cancer: A Qualitative Examination of Australian Survivors' and Their Families' Perspectives

    Jordana K McLoone;Jordana K McLoone;Claire E Wakefield;Claire E Wakefield;Phyllis Butow;Catharine Fleming;Catharine Fleming

  • Religious and ethnic influences on willingness to donate organs and donor behavior: an Australian perspective.

    Claire E. Wakefield;John Reid;Judi Homewood

  • Assessment of psychosocial outcomes in genetic counseling research: an overview of available measurement scales.

    Nadine A. Kasparian;Claire E. Wakefield;Bettina Meiser

  • Attitudes toward Organ Donation and Donor Behavior: A Review of the International Literature

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Frequent Co-Authors

Phyllis Butow
Phyllis Butow University of Sydney
Nadine A. Kasparian
Nadine A. Kasparian Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Katherine L. Tucker
Katherine L. Tucker University of Massachusetts Lowell
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales
Jane Turner
Jane Turner University of Queensland
Richard A. Bryant
Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales
Penelope Schofield
Penelope Schofield Swinburne University of Technology
Katherine M. White
Katherine M. White Queensland University of Technology
Graham J. Mann
Graham J. Mann Australian National University
Claire Foster
Claire Foster University of Southampton

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