Thomas A Page, Melody Harrison, Mary Pat Moeller, Jacob Oleson, Richard M Arenas, Meredith Spratford
Service Provision for Children Who Are Hard of Hearing at Preschool and Elementary School Ages
Language, speech, and hearing services in schools
school nurses play central role assisting elementary school children managing asthma especially higherrisk school districts increased risk uncontrolled asthma study purposes 1 identify barriers asthma management school nurses higherrisk school districts 2 assess extent national asthma education prevention program naepp recommendations followed districts school districts containing least one zipcode high asthma hospitalization rates among children 014 years new york state county identified nurses 44 elementary schools surveyed asthma management 2008 quantitative qualitative data collected study nurses learned children asthma mainly school records students presented symptoms rather parents major obstacles asthma management communication parents parental support reluctance physicians diagnose asthma children presented barrier contributed nurses ability gain parental cooperation adherence naepp school recommendations inconsistent improvement communication among parents school nurses providers critical improvement asthma management children highrisk school districts