Using school staff to establish a preventive network of care to improve elementary school students' control of asthma

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 307-312

  Bruzzese, Jean Marie ^a   Evans, David ^b   Wiesemann, Sandra ^c   Pinkett Heller, Marcia ^d   Levison, Moshe J ^b   Du, Yunling ^e   Fitzpatrick, Cecilia ^c   Krigsman, Gary ^c   Ramos Bonoan, Carmen ^f   Turner, Levonne ^c   Mellins, Robert B ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b Pediatric Pulmonary Division ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Bureau of School Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ABSENTEEISM; ASTHMA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOL NURSING; SCHOOLS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747517204     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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