Breaking the access barrier: Evaluating an asthma center's efforts to provide education to children with asthma in schools

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1928-1935

  Cicutto, Lisa ^a   Murphy, Sue ^b   Coutts, Debbie ^b   O'Rourke, Janet ^b   Lang, Gail ^b   Chapman, Cori ^b   Coates, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CREDIT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma education; Certified asthma educators; Children; Controlled trial; School

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE;

EID: 27144481369     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.1928     Document Type: Article

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