Christian Schloegl, Judith Schmidt, Markus Boeckle, Brigitte M Weiß, Kurt Kotrschal
Grey parrots use inferential reasoning based on acoustic cues alone
Proceedings. Biological sciences
pediatric asthma rates reaching epidemic proportions adversely affecting childrens quality life educational potential health care costs especially inner city study evaluated effectiveness schoolbased asthma case management cm approach medically underserved innercity children attending memphis city schools fourteen elementary schools high rates asthmarelated hospital utilization grouped according school size percentage children asthma enrolled percentage children eligible free reducedprice lunch schools randomized either nurse cm intervention usual care uc condition cm group included 115 students 128 students uc group longitudinal design used follow students progress students primarily africanamerican children diagnosed asthma cm schools nurse case managers conducted weekly group sessions incorporating open airways curriculum followed students school absences coordinated students asthma care families school personnel medical providers uc schools students received routine school nursing services cm students fewer school absences counterparts uc schools mean 438 vs 818 days respectively experienced significantly fewer emergency department visits p 0001 fewer hospital days p 05 uc students differences existed program initiation replication followup year 2 showed continued significant improvements schoolbased nurse cm achieve significant improvements school attendance medical utilization