The ABCs of Family Mealtimes: Observational Lessons for Promoting Healthy Outcomes for Children With Persistent Asthma

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-145

  Fiese, Barbara H ^a   Winter, Marcia A ^b   Botti, Joanna C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COOPERATION; EATING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79551548431     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01545.x     Document Type: Article

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