Improving asthma communication in high-risk children.
Few child asthma studies address the specific content and techniques needed to enhance child communication during asthma preventive care visits. This study examined the content of child and parent communications regarding their asthma management during a medical encounter with their primary care provider (PCP). The majority of parents and children required prompting to communicate symptom information to the PCP during the clinic visit. Some high-risk families may require an asthma advocate to ensure that the clinician receives an accurate report of child's asthma severity and asthma control to ensure prescribing of optimal asthma therapy.
Butz
Arlene M
AM
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. abutz@jhmi.edu
Walker
Jennifer
J
Land
Cassia Lewis
CL
Vibbert
Carrie
C
Winkelstein
Marilyn
M
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors