Diana Salas Coronado

Latinos and School Choice.

The authors describe how Latino students are underrepresented in public schools of choice. They provide evidence to refute the claim that Latino students who choose to leave assigned public schools enroll in religious schools instead. Charter schools stand out as the type of public schools of choice where Latino students are well represented. However, because charter schools enroll only 2% of public school students in Grades 1–12, they do not currently represent a broad avenue of opportunity for Latino students. The authors conclude by making recommendations regarding how public school choice can be increased for Latino students.

Financial hardship after hematopoietic cell transplantation: Lack of impact on survival

Background: Financial hardship is a growing challenge for patients with blood cancer who undergo hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), and it is associated with poor patient-reported outcomes. In contrast, little is known about the potential impact of patient-reported financial hardship on post-HCT survival. Methods: We sought to describe the association of financial hardship with survival after HCT in a prospectively assembled cohort of patients from three large transplant centers (n = 325). Results: There was no association between financial hardship measures assessed at 6 months post-HCT and 1- or 2-year survival after HCT. Conclusions: Patient-reported financial distress after HCT does not seem to adversely affect post-HCT survival. Impact: When assessing the effectiveness of interventions to ameliorate familial financial burden among HCT, the focus should be on patient-reported outcomes rather than survival. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 27(3); 345–7. ©2018 AACR.