Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based intervention for inner-city, ethnic minority adolescents with undiagnosed asthma

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 290-294

  Bruzzese, Jean Marie ^a   Kingston, Sharon ^b   Sheares, Beverley J ^c   Cespedes, Amarilis ^a   Sadeghi, Hossein ^c   Evans, David ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Ethnic minorities; Intervention; Undiagnosed asthma

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80053970549     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.019     Document Type: Article

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