title: Implementing a pediatric asthma program: enabling self-care management through education.
abstract: This article provides an overview of asthma prevalence among children, presents a summary of asthma triggers based on past research, outlines the essential components of a pediatric asthma home care model implemented by a large urban home health agency, and details the types of clinical documentation needed for care plan development and monitoring of asthma in the home.
authors.affiliation: Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, USA. maryam.navaie@vnsny.org
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navaie-Waliser
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mersman
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lincoln
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012648:Self Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents