Improving care for minority children with asthma: Professional education in public health clinics

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Evans, David ^a   Mellins, Robert ^a   Lobach, Katherine ^b   Ramos Bonoan, Carmen ^b   Pinkett Heller, Marcia ^c   Wiesemann, Sandra ^d   Klein, Ilene ^b   Donahue, Caroline ^b   Burke, Deirdre ^d   Levison, Moshe ^a   Levin, Bruce ^e   Zimmerman, Barry ^f   Clark, Noreen ^g  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Med Hlth Res Assoc New York C   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

antiinflammatory therapy; asthma; children; continuing medical education; minority populations; patient education; public health; spacer devices for inhaled therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0030890238     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.2.157     Document Type: Article

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