Desire Alice Naigaga, Jennifer Kavanagh, Ailbhe Spillane, Laura Hickey, Katherine Scott, Janis Morrissey, Shandell Elmer, Hannah Goss, Celine Murrin
Using co-design to develop the Adolescent Health Literacy Questionnaire for adolescents in Ireland
Health promotion international
asthma common chronic condition childhood urban minority children families lower socioeconomic status disproportionately higher rates asthma worse outcomes investigated association presence asthma asthma severity among american urban minority children reported quality life qol children families performed prospective crosssectional study comparing qol urban minority elementary schoolage children without asthma convenience sample children enrolled pediatric emergency department ed specialized asthma clinic large urban childrens hospital measured child parent qol using pediatric quality life inventory version 4 pedsql4 evaluated associations asthma parental educational attainment frequency ed visits enrolled 66 children 76 african american 61 female overall child qol higher without asthma p 0017 059 children asthma also visited ed almost twice frequently 64 3505 p 0001 08 parents children asthma reported lower overall qol p 004 053 without asthma among children asthma higher overall child qol associated decreased asthma severity ed visits higher parental educational attainment urban minority elementary schoolage children asthma report lower qol children without asthma decreased asthma severity associated higher qol