Home asthma management for rural families.
OBJECTIVE
To assess home asthma management among rural families with a school-age child who has asthma.


METHODS
Exploratory analysis of baseline data of a tri-ethnic sample of rural families with school-age children who have asthma.


RESULTS
Parents and children enact a moderate amount of asthma management behaviors. Preventive behaviors were correlated with the Asthma Behavior Inventory and treatment behaviors were correlated with the child's asthma severity. Factors that could affect asthma management include no insurance, no visits to providers in 12 months, or no asthma medications.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses must use every contact with families to assess their asthma management and availability of resources, and to determine the fit between asthma severity and the asthma management plan.
Horner
Sharon D
SD
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. s.horner@mail.utexas.edu
Fouladi
Rachel T
RT
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000523:psychology; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D012423:Rural Health / Q000592:standards*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015206:Southwestern United States; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology