Can older adult volunteers serve effectively to improve asthma management for children? Experience corps® Baltimore

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-181

  Reddy, Deepthi M ^a,c   Fried, Linda P ^a   Rand, Cynthia ^a   McGill, Sylvia ^b   Simpson, Crystal F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Greater Homewood Community Corporation   (United States)

^c Mason F Lord Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Experience Corps; Older adults; Schoolchildren; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; ROLE PLAYING; STUDENT;

AGED; ASTHMA; BALTIMORE; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 34247102759     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701209673     Document Type: Article

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