Improving asthma outcomes in minority children: A randomized, controlled trial of parent mentors

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1522-1532

  Flores, Glenn ^a,b   Bridon, Christina ^a,b   Torres, Sylvia ^c   Perez, Ruth ^d   Walter, Tim ^e   Brotanek, Jane ^a,b   Lin, Hua ^a   Tomany Korman, Sandy ^a  

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

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d AURORA SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Signature Science LLC ^*

Author keywords

African American; Asthma; Children; Controlled trials; Hispanic; Minority groups; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT MENTOR; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EFFICACY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 71949091997     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0230     Document Type: Article

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