title: How often do providers discuss asthma action plans with children? Analysis of transcripts of medical visits.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine how often providers discussed asthma action plans with children and their caregivers and child, clinical, and provider characteristics that were associated with those discussions.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional analysis of audio-recorded visits between 35 general pediatric providers and 260 children (8-16 years old) with asthma and their caregivers. The visits were transcribed into text. The transcripts were coded for discussions about written asthma action plans.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Providers discussed written asthma action plans with 21.0% of children and caregivers. Providers were significantly more likely to discuss asthma action plans when the child was enrolled in Medicaid, the visit was asthma related, the visit was longer, the provider was not White, or more provider education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our sample, providers rarely discussed action plans with children and their caregivers. Providers should discuss asthma action plans with every child with persistent asthma and their caregivers and revise them regularly.
authors.affiliation: 1Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillette
authors.forename: Delesha M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: Guadalupe X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Dennis M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tudor
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yeatts
authors.forename: Betsy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sleath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009657:North Carolina; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010372:Pediatrics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012648:Self Care
keywords: adolescent; asthma; child; pediatrics; written action plans