Effectiveness of a school- and community-based academic asthma health education program on use of effective asthma self-care behaviors in older school-age students

Eileen K. Kintner, Gwendolyn Cook, C. Nathan Marti, April Allen, Debbie Stoddard, Phyllis Harmon, Melissa Gomes, Linda Meeder, Laurie A. Van Egeren

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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of Staying Healthy-Asthma Responsible & Prepared, an academic asthma health education and counseling program, on fostering the use of effective asthma self-care behaviors. Design and Methods: This was a phase III, two-group, cluster randomized, single-blinded, longitudinal design-guided study. Caregivers of 205 fourth- and fifth-grade students completed the asthma health behaviors survey at preintervention, and 1, 12, and 24 months postintervention. Analysis involved multilevel modeling. Results: All students demonstrated improvement in episode management, risk reduction/prevention, and health promotion behaviors; Staying Healthy-Asthma Responsible & Prepared students demonstrated increased improvement in episode management and risk reduction/prevention behaviors. Practice Implications: Working with schoolteachers, nurses can improve the use of effective asthma self-care behaviors.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)62-75
Number of pages14
JournalJournal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015
Externally publishedYes

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© 2014, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords

  • Adaptation
  • Adjustment
  • Condition management
  • Episode management
  • Health promotion
  • Intervention
  • Pediatric
  • Prevention
  • Quality of life
  • Randomized control trial
  • Risk reduction
  • Self-management

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