Addressing asthma in Texas: Development of a school-based asthma surveillance program for texas elementary schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Petronella, Sharon A ^a   Bricker, Susan K ^b   Perrotta, Dennis ^c   Brown, Clive ^d   Brooks, Edward G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Texas Asthma Initiative   (United States)

^c TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TEXAS;

EID: 33747490393     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00102.x     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma - United States, 1982-1992. MMMRW Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;43:952-955.
2. Taylor WR, Newacheck PW. Impact of childhood asthma on health. Pediatrics. 1992;90:657.
3. Weiss KB, Gergen PJ, Crain EF. Inner-city asthma: the epidemiology of an emerging US public health concern. Chest. 1992;101:362S.
4. Clark NM, Feldman CH, Evans D, Levison MJ, Wasilewski Y, Mellins RB. The impact of health education on frequency and cost of health care use by low-income children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1986;78:108-115.
5. Toelle BG, Peat JK, Mellis CM, Woolcock AJ. The cost of childhood asthma to Australian families. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1995;19:330.
6. Asthma Coalition of Texas. Texas State asthma plan. Available at: http://www.texasasthma.org/pdf/txasthmaplan.pdf. ACT:2004. Accessed January 2, 2005.
7. International Study of Asthma and Allergic Disease in Childhood. Available at: http://isaac.auckland.ac.nz/. Accessed January 2, 2005.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Measuring childhood asthma prevalence before and after the 1997 redesign of the National Health Interview Survey - United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2000;49:908-911.
9. Dey AN, Schiller JS, Tai DA. Summary health statistics for U.S. children: National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Vital Health Stat 10 2004;(221):1-78.
10. Hoppin P, Jacobs M, Donahue S. School-based asthma surveillance in New England. Asthma Regional Council, 2003. Available at: www.asthmaregionalcouncil. org/documents/SchoolbasedSurveillancein-NEfinal.doc. Accessed January 2, 2005.
11. Boss LP, Kreutzer RA, Luttinger D, Leighton J, Wilcox K, Redd SC. The public health surveillance of asthma. J Asthma. 2001;38:83-89.