title: Coping with asthma in the central city: parental experiences with children's health care.
abstract: Asthma is the most common chronic illness among children in the United States. Poverty and asthma are tightly related, with poor children having higher rates of asthma than non-poor children. To document how poor parents with asthmatic children cope with health care-related barriers on a day-to-day basis, the author conducted 38 in-depth interviews with central city Phoenix (Arizona) parents. Barriers facing parents include a lack of health insurance and/or personal transportation, the expense of using private insurance, treatment delays, and language/communication. Instances of parents overcoming barriers are highlighted and offered as opportunities for designing capacity building interventions and policies that build on parents' strengths.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. segrineski@utep.edu
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grineski
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D044469:Racial Groups; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014186:Transportation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014505:Urban Population