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Effect of Education on School‐Age Children's and Parents' Asthma Management
Author(s) -
Horner Sharon D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.00095.x
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , ethnic group , asthma management , intervention (counseling) , family medicine , physical therapy , pediatrics , gerontology , nursing , sociology , anthropology
ISSUES AND PURPOSE. Asthma affects 7.4% of school‐age children, with poor children or members of ethnic minorities disproportionately affected. DESIGN AND METHODS. A quasiexperimental, year‐long pilot study tested the effectiveness of an intervention that included school‐based small‐group education for children with home‐based education for parents. Pretest and two posttest measures were collected. RESULTS. Forty‐four families completed the study (41% African American, 36% European American, 23% Mexican American), with 46% coming from poor or working‐class families. Asthma management in the treatment group was lower than the comparison group at baseline, but improved significantly at 6 months and stabilized at 12 months, a trend that was most pronounced among the poorer children. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Improvements in asthma management point to the need for ongoing asthma education to address learning needs of the children and families.