A randomized controlled evaluation of the effect of community health workers on hospitalization for asthma: The asthma coach

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-232

  Fisher, Edwin B ^a,b   Strunk, Robert C ^b   Highstein, Gabrielle R ^b,c   Kelley Sykes, Roslyn ^b   Tarr, Kathleen L ^b   Trinkaus, Kathryn ^b   Musick, Judith ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Winds of Change at Crosswinds   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TELEPHONE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MISSOURI; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 61449212090     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.577     Document Type: Article

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