Pilot study of a home-based asthma health education program

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-102

  Dolinar, Rose Marie ^a   Kumar, Vijay ^b   Coutu Wakulczyk, Ginette ^c   Rowe, Brian H ^d  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Childhood; Health education; Parental coping; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0033974919     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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