Success of a comprehensive school-based asthma intervention on clinical markers and resource utilization for inner-city children with asthma in Chicago: The Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation's asthma management program

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Patel, Bina ^a,g   Sheridan, Phil ^a,b,c   Detjen, Paul ^a,b,d   Donnersberger, David ^a,b   Gluck, Eric ^b,e   Malamut, Karen ^b   Whyte, Stephanie ^b   Miller, Amy ^b   Qing, Harshaw ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mobile Care Foundation   (United States)

^c Pulmonary Medical Association   (United States)

^d Kenilworth Medical Associates   (United States)

^e SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f EPI Q Inc   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inner city; Intervention; Resource utilization; School

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947328235     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900601182343     Document Type: Article

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