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Clinical Trial
. 2015 Jan;20(1):62-75.
doi: 10.1111/jspn.12099. Epub 2014 Nov 30.

Effectiveness of a school- and community-based academic asthma health education program on use of effective asthma self-care behaviors in older school-age students

Eileen K Kintner  1 , Gwendolyn Cook, C Nathan Marti, April Allen, Debbie Stoddard, Phyllis Harmon, Melissa Gomes, Linda Meeder, Laurie A Van Egeren
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Clinical Trial

Effectiveness of a school- and community-based academic asthma health education program on use of effective asthma self-care behaviors in older school-age students

Eileen K Kintner et al. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of Staying Healthy-Asthma Responsible & Prepared, an academic asthma health education and counseling program, on fostering the use of effective asthma self-care behaviors.

Design and methods: This was a phase III, two-group, cluster randomized, single-blinded, longitudinal design-guided study. Caregivers of 205 fourth- and fifth-grade students completed the asthma health behaviors survey at preintervention, and 1, 12, and 24 months postintervention. Analysis involved multilevel modeling.

Results: All students demonstrated improvement in episode management, risk reduction/prevention, and health promotion behaviors; Staying Healthy-Asthma Responsible & Prepared students demonstrated increased improvement in episode management and risk reduction/prevention behaviors.

Practice implications: Working with schoolteachers, nurses can improve the use of effective asthma self-care behaviors.

Keywords: Adaptation; adjustment; condition management; episode management; health promotion; intervention; pediatric; prevention; quality of life; randomized control trial; risk reduction; self-management.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Episode Management (EM) in Using Medications as Prescribed and Symptom Management Techniques as Appropriate for SHARP and Open Airways Participants. Fitted values for SHARP and Open Airways participants with ± one standard error of the difference for simple slope estimates of SHARP versus Open Airways participants at each assessment point
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Figure 2
Health Promotion (HP) Behaviors in Exercising, Sleeping, and Maintaining Overall Hygiene/Cleanliness and Oral Hygiene with Inhaler Use for SHARP and Open Airways Participants. Fitted values for SHARP and Open Airways participants with ± one standard error of the difference for simple slope estimates of SHARP versus Open Airways participants at each assessment point
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Figure 3
Risk Reduction/Prevention (RR) Behaviors in Being Watchful, Talking with Others, and Using Pillow and Mattress Protectors for SHARP and Open Airways Participants. Fitted values for SHARP and Open Airways participants with ± one standard error of the difference for simple slope estimates of SHARP versus Open Airways participants at each assessment point
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