Trial reportThe Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association2016
Enhancing Asthma Self-Management in Rural School-Aged Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to promote medication adherence among children, adolescents, and young adults with medical conditions.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of asthma education on health outcomes in children: a systematic review.Archives of disease in childhood · 2022Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis of Adherence Promotion Interventions in Pediatric Asthma.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2021Pooled it
- School-based self-management interventions for asthma among primary school children: a systematic review.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2021Pooled it
- School-based self-management interventions for asthma in children and adolescents: a mixed methods systematic review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Practical integrated healthcare prevention and management of children's health quality of respiratory functions: a systematic review.BMJ public health · 2025Article
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- Effectiveness of Community-Based Nursing Intervention for Asthmatic Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate the Effect of Community Interventions for Childhood Asthma.Preventing chronic disease · 2023Article
- Impact of Nurse-Led Asthma Intervention on Child Health Outcomes: A Scoping Review.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2022Article
- Smartphone App for monitoring Asthma in children and adolescents.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Feasibility study of a combined lifestyle behaviors and asthma self-management intervention for school-aged children.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPN · 2018Article
- Rural Asthma: Current Understanding of Prevalence, Patterns, and Interventions for Children and Adolescents.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2017Review
- Examining Social Determinants of Health in Childhood Asthma Management.Clinical nurse specialist CNSArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo test the effects of 2 modes of delivering an asthma educational intervention on health outcomes and asthma self-management in school-aged children who live in rural areas.
methodsLongitudinal design with data collected 4 times over 12 months. The target sample was composed of children in grades 2-5 who had a provider diagnosis of asthma. Elementary schools were stratified into high or low socioeconomic status based on student enrollment in the free or reduced-cost lunch program. Schools were then randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatment arms: in-school asthma class, asthma day camp, or the attention-control group.
findingsSample retention was good (87.7%) and equally distributed by study arm. Improvements in emergency department visits and office visits were related to attending either the asthma class or asthma day camp. Asthma severity significantly decreased in both asthma treatment groups. Other factors such as hospitalizations, parent asthma management, and child asthma management improved for all groups.
conclusionsBoth asthma class and asthma day camp yielded significant reductions in asthma severity. There were reductions in the emergency department and office visits for the 2 asthma arms, and hospitalizations declined significantly for all groups. Asthma self-management also improved in all groups, while it was somewhat higher in the asthma arms. This may be due to the attention being drawn to asthma management by study participation and the action of completing questionnaires about asthma management, asthma symptoms, and health outcomes.
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