Acceptability and feasibility of a community approach to asthma management: The Neighborhood Asthma Coalition (NAC)

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-383

  Fisher Jr , Edwin B ^a   Strunk, Robert C ^a,b   Sussman, Linda K ^a   Arfken, Cynthia ^a   Sykes, Roslyn K ^a,c   Munro, Janice M ^a   Haywood, Sally ^d   Harrison, Dorothy ^d   Bascom, Shirley ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d Grace Hill Neighborhood Hlth Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Community organization; Education; Health promotion; Management; Needs assessment; Parent family; Pediatric; Public health; Social

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN;

EID: 12644260436     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909609068182     Document Type: Article

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