Ashley McGar

ORCID: 0000-0001-6318-0617
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Research Areas
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Nursing Roles and Practices
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Empathy and Medical Education

University of Kentucky
2019-2022

Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center - Lexington
2017-2018

Abstract Purpose Physical and psychological challenges can arise from paediatric injury, which impact child health outcomes. Evidence‐based resources to promote recovery are limited. The low cost, portable Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injury provides evidence‐based strategies help children manage injury‐related challenges. This study aimed describe intervention feasibility explore initial outcomes (learning, quality of life [QOL], trauma symptoms). Methods Three independent pilot...

10.1111/cch.12565 article EN Child Care Health and Development 2018-04-15

Children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are faced ongoing treatments that can impact their wellbeing. There no evidence-based resources families implement independently to cope EoE-related stressors. This study aimed examine acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary outcomes of the newly developed Cellie Coping Kit for EoE intervention. Forty child-caregiver dyads completed a baseline assessment (T1) initiated intervention; 30 (75%) child participants 33 (82.5%) caregivers were...

10.1177/13674935211064126 article EN Journal of Child Health Care 2022-01-03

Broughton, Laura; Shenoi, Asha; Ragsdale, Lindsay; Lawrence, Jessica; Yoder, Kathleen; Ross, Christine; McGar, Ashley; Marsac, Meghan Author Information

10.1097/01.ccm.0000528873.39158.b0 article EN Critical Care Medicine 2017-12-19

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Pediatric medical conditions have the potential to result in challenging psychological symptoms (eg, anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress [PTSS]) impaired health-related quality of life youth. Thus, effective accessible interventions are needed prevent treat sequelae associated with pediatric conditions. Electronic health (eHealth) may help meet this need, capacity reach more children families than in-person interventions. Many these their infancy, we...

10.2196/preprints.12427 preprint EN 2018-10-05

Purpose: In medical settings, the majority of patients and families enter care with pre-existing exposure to emotional trauma; in addition, they often experience new trauma context their condition / or treatment. The presence reactions has capacity greatly impact way which subsequent care. Further, many healthcare providers are exposed potentially traumatizing events on a daily basis, may contribute secondary reactions, burnout turnover. Strategies …

10.1542/peds.146.1_meetingabstract.214 article EN PEDIATRICS 2020-07-01
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