Jennie Loitman Barron collection, undated, 1954-1960

Collection consists of one phonograph record and photograph from an American Jewish Literary Foundation testimonial in Barron's honor; manuscript notes from Barron's work as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge; and items relating to her candidacy for the Boston School Committee.Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Jennie L. (Jennie Loitman) Barron (1891-1969), Papers; P-547; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.Jennie Loitman Barron was a judge and suffragist. She earned her law degree and master of law at Boston University. As the first president of the Boston University Equal Suffrage League, JLB advocated for equal rights for women. In 1934 she was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts as a special Justice of the Western Norfolk District. JLB was the first mother on the Boston School Committee, and the first female United States delegate to the United Nations Congress on Crime and Juvenile Delinquency. In 1957, JLB became the first woman who was an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.far031

Testing a mediational model of communication among medical staff and families of cancer patients

Three structural equation models of communication between family members and medical staff were examined to understand relations among staff accessibility, inhibitory family attitudes, getting communication needs met, perceived stress, and satisfaction with communication. Compared to full and direct models, a mediational model fit best in which the independent variables family attitudinal inhibitions toward communicating with staff and accessibility to medical staff were mediated by getting communication needs met in predicting communication satisfaction and perceived stress. There was 47% explained variance in getting communication needs met, and 41% and 16% explained variance in communication satisfaction and perceived stress, respectively. Those family members who reported greater access to staff and fewer attitudinal inhibitions reported greater levels of getting communication needs met, which in turn, was associated with greater communication satisfaction and less perceived stress. These findings have important implications for health care providers and managed care and mental health professionals regarding family needs and well-being in the context of illness. Copyright © 2005, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc