title: Parents' reports of "tricks of the trade" for managing childhood chronic illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine how parents respond to and manage the challenges of childhood chronic illness.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative, comparative, secondary analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-eight families (55 mothers, 44 fathers) with a school-age child (6-15 years old) with a chronic illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three approaches to illness management were identified: strict adherence, flexible adherence, and selective adherence. These approaches varied in the extent to which parents developed and relied on target management behaviors that concurred with or deviated from the treatment plan prescribed by healthcare providers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The three management approaches contribute to understanding the processes associated with differing interactions between healthcare professionals and parents when a child has a chronic illness.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. agallo@uic.edu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Knafl
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors