Leave no asthmatic child behind: the cultural competency of asthma educational materials

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 742-748

  Brotanek, Jane M ^a,b   Grimes, Kristen ^c   Flores, Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cultural competency; Racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PARENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; WISCONSIN;

EID: 36348963738     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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