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- Title
Normalization Strategies of Children With Asthma.
- Authors
Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.; Kozyrskyj, Anita L.; Becker, Allan B.; Marchessault, Gail
- Abstract
Despite understanding the physiologic effects of childhood asthma, less is known about how children perceive living with asthma. We undertook semistructured, in-depth interviews with 11 boys and 11 girls (all aged 11) drawn from a larger ongoing asthma study of Manitoba children born in 1995. All had asthma, as diagnosed by a pediatric allergist. We sought to further understand how children perceive asthma. Children spoke of feeling different and commonly used words such as "pain" and "hurt." We have categorized children's strategies to normalize their lives as (a) minimizing the health impact, (b) stressing normality, (c) emphasizing abilities, (d) making adaptations in daily living, and, (e) managing symptoms with medications. These findings suggest that aspects of other researchers' work regarding normalization efforts of children with various chronic diseases also apply in a chronic condition that is less obvious.
- Subjects
MANITOBA; ASTHMA in children; PEDIATRICS; ALLERGISTS; PAIN; HEALTH; ABILITY; DRUGS; CHRONIC diseases
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2009, Vol 19, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049732308327348