Examining Household Asthma Management Behavior Through a Microeconomic Framework

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 651-662

  Magzamen, Sheryl ^a,b   Brandt, Sylvia J ^c   Tager, Ira B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

child health; chronic disease management; health behavior; health disparities; research design; social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ASTHMA; CHILD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911114471     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114532288     Document Type: Article

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