School-Based Asthma Case Finding: The Arkansas Experience

Autor/inn/en	Vargas, Perla A.; Magee, James S.; Bushmiaer, Margo; Simpson, Pippa M.; Jones, Craig A.; Feild, Charles R.; Jones, Stacie M.
Titel	School-Based Asthma Case Finding: The Arkansas Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 76 (2006) 6, S.223-226 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00101.x
Schlagwörter	Diseases; Disease Incidence; Children; Clinical Diagnosis; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Public Schools; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Case Studies; Arkansas (Little Rock) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Disease; Krankheit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Antwortkontrolle; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This population-based case-finding study sought to determine asthma prevalence and characterize disease severity and burden among school-aged children in the Little Rock School District. Asthma cases were identified by validated algorithm and parental report of asthma diagnosis. The overall response rate was low. Among schools with greater than 50% response rate, prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma was comparable to other studies in public school settings. Prevalence of symptoms in cases identified as current is suggestive of poor asthma control. Improved systems for case identification of children with asthma are needed in schools. Efforts should focus on strategies to improve asthma control. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10