Josephine V. Brown|Roger Bakeman|Marianne Celano|Alice Demi|Lisa Kobrynski|Sandra R. Wilson
Home-Based Asthma Education of Young Low-Income Children and Their Families
Georgia State University
conduct controlled trial homebased education program lowincome caregivers young children asthmaparticipants randomized treatmenteight weekly asthma education sessions adapted wee wheezers program n 49or usual care n 46 baseline 3 12month followup data gathered caregivers childrens medical recordstreatment associated less bother asthma symptoms symptomfree days better caregiver quality life followup children 13 46 years age treatment control groups differ caregiver asthma management behavior childrens acute care utilizationthis homebased asthma education program effective younger children perhaps caregivers motivated learn asthma management targeting psychosocial factors associated asthma morbidity might also enhance efficacy asthma education families