title: Moving health care education into the community.
abstract: The A+ Asthma Club, an educational program developed for elementary school children in inner-city schools, is offered through a series of six sessions during school hours with an additional three booster sessions. This article describes how the program was designed, its theoretical basis, the curriculum and its staffing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Butz
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Eggleston
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kolodner
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rand
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Malveaux
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015142:Baltimore; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004219:District of Columbia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012573:School Nursing; D012648:Self Care