The Effect of a Patient Education Program on Emergency Room Use for Inner-City Children with Asthma.

Shields, Mark C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ401831

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Effect of a Patient Education Program on Emergency Room Use for Inner-City Children with Asthma.

Shields, Mark C.; And Others

American Journal of Public Health, v80 n1 p36-38 Jan 1990

Evaluates an educational program for inner-city children designed to improve patients' knowledge and behaviors related to asthma, in order to improve their control of the disease and thereby reduce the number of emergency room visits. Discusses the failure of this program due to failures of implementation and program effectiveness. (JS)

Descriptors: Asthma, Child Health, Health Education, Hospitalized Children, Hospitals, Inner City, Minority Group Children, Patient Education, Program Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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