The efficacy of asthma case management in an urban school district in reducing school absences and hospitalizations for asthma

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 320-324

  Levy, Marian ^a   Heffner, Brenda ^b   Stewart, Tara ^c   Beeman, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSENTEEISM; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SCHOOL NURSING; SCHOOLS; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747514909     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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