Using Action Research to Implement an Integrated Pediatric Asthma Case Management and eHealth Intervention for Low-Income Families

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 798-806

  Wise, Meg ^a   Pulvermacher, Alice ^a   Shanovich, Kathleen Kelly ^b   Gustafson, David H ^a   Sorkness, Christine ^a   Bhattacharya, Abhik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; African Americans; asthma nurse case management; asthma patient education; case management; eHealth; nurse case management; participatory action research; pediatric asthma; study design

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAID; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAID; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY AREAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952277614     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909334621     Document Type: Article

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