title: A scale for Assessing Health Care Providers' Teaching and Communication Behavior regarding asthma.
abstract: Partnership between health care providers and patients is important for controlling illness. A limited number of studies show how to assess health professionals' communication and partnering behavior. The relationship between these aspects of professional behavior and enhanced management of disease by patients has received little empirical study. The research reported here developed a Health Care Providers' Teaching and Communication Behavior (TCB) scale for assessing the teaching and communication behavior of clinicians treating patients with asthma. Such a tool is needed for research related to provider-patient relationships and for evaluation of professionals' performance.
authors.affiliation: Marshall H. Becker Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109-2029, USA. mclark@umich.edu
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schork
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Maiman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hurwitz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roloff
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Mellins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome