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Effectiveness of a school‐ and community‐based academic asthma health education program on use of effective asthma self‐care behaviors in older school‐age students
Author(s) -
Kintner Eileen K.,
Cook Gwendolyn,
Marti C. Nathan,
Allen April,
Stoddard Debbie,
Harmon Phyllis,
Gomes Melissa,
Meeder Linda,
Van Egeren Laurie A.
Publication year - 2015
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/jspn.12099
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , health promotion , family medicine , multilevel model , adolescent health , promotion (chess) , self management , psychology , physical therapy , nursing , public health , political science , law , machine learning , politics , computer science
Purpose The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of S taying H ealthy– A sthma R esponsible & P repared, an academic asthma health education and counseling program, on fostering the use of effective asthma self‐care behaviors. Design and Methods This was a phase III , two‐group, cluster randomized, single‐blinded, longitudinal design‐guided study. Caregivers of 205 fourth‐ and fifth‐grade students completed the asthma health behaviors survey at preintervention, and 1, 12, and 24 months postintervention. Analysis involved multilevel modeling. Results All students demonstrated improvement in episode management, risk reduction/prevention, and health promotion behaviors; S taying H ealthy– A sthma R esponsible & P repared students demonstrated increased improvement in episode management and risk reduction/prevention behaviors. Practice Implications Working with schoolteachers, nurses can improve the use of effective asthma self‐care behaviors.