Improving asthma outcomes in harder-to-reach populations: Challenges for clinical and community interventions

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-213

  Sawyer, Susan M ^a,c   Shah, Smita ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Asthma education; Children; Interventions; Paediatric asthma outcomes; Schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3543107267     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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