title: Relationships of asthma knowledge, self-management, and social support in African American adolescents with asthma.
abstract: Despite nationwide efforts to manage asthma, the adverse outcomes of asthma continue to increase, especially in African American adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among asthma knowledge, self-management, and social support in African American adolescents with asthma. A correlational descriptive study was conducted using a convenience sample of 53 identified asthmatic adolescents from the Southern metropolitan school system in Alabama. Asthma knowledge was measured by the Parcel Knowledge about Asthma Questionnaire, social support by the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, and asthma self-management behaviors by the Asthma Behavioral Assessment Questionnaire. Both asthma knowledge and social support had significant positive relationships (r=0.31, r=0.30, respectively) with asthma self-management behaviors and accounted for 14% of self-management behaviors variability. Further studies are needed to understand how to better manage asthma in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Washington, Box 357266, Seattle, WA 98195-7266, USA. mosin@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Mo-Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sin
authors.forename: Duck-Hee
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weaver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education / Q000208:ethnology; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data