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- Title
A Home Visiting Asthma Education Program: Challenges to Program Implementation.
- Authors
Brown, Josephine V.; Demi, Alice S.; Celano, Marianne P.; Bakeman, Roger; Kobrynski, Lisa; Wilson, Sandra R.
- Abstract
The article examines the challenges to program implementation in a home visiting asthma education program. The section discusses the implementation of a nurse home visiting asthma education program for low-income African American families of young children with asthma. It states that the study, which was predicted by caregiver factors, such as education, presence of father or surrogate father in the household, and safety of the neighborhood, but not by child factors, such as age or severity of asthma as implied by the prescribed asthma medication regimen.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL diseases; LUNG diseases; EDUCATIONAL programs; COMMUNITY support; AFRICAN Americans; AFRICANS; HOME care services; COMMUNITY health services; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATION
- Publication
Health Education & Behavior, 2005, Vol 32, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1090-1981
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1090198104266895