Asthma in Head Start Children: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Health Care...

Pediatric Nursing;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......associated risk factors for children with asthma; 3. To assess factors associated...Seventy-four percent of these children with asthma had used the emergency department...Asthma Survey of parents of 536 children with asthma supports the significance...

Landmark Survey Reveals Asthma in Children Remains Significantly Out of...

PR Newswire;  December 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......largest and most comprehensive surveys about children and asthma to date, Children and Asthma in America, reveal that more than half (54) of all children with asthma had a severe asthma attack in the past year...

Camp Nursing: Can Children with Asthma Safely Attend a Regular Outdoor Day...

Pediatric Nursing;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......camps may be problematic for children with asthma because the heat, the grass...camp. Parents often ask if children with asthma can attend an outdoor camp...empirical data evaluating children with asthma attending regular camps. The...

Asthma part of life for children

The Scotsman;  February 17, 2004 ;     424 words ......event of a severe asthma attack is hospitalised...more than 110,000 children who receive treatment for asthma in Scotland, which...factors. In Scotland, asthma accounts for 3...consultations with children under 15. During...because of his asthma and can be there...couple of days." ...

The Relationship between Asthma and Overweight in Urban Minority Children

Journal of the National Medical Association;  February 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lower in overweight children. Children with asthma were almost 1.5 times more...be overweight compared with children without asthma (relative risk: 1.49, 95...these children. Key words: asthma * children * obesity * spirometry INTRODUCTION...

New Resource Empowers Children and Families to Take Control of Asthma;...

PR Newswire;  May 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......can be controlled enabling children with asthma to live a healthy, active...provides parents, caregivers and children with asthma with accurate information...invaluable tool for parents and children with asthma as well as the pediatricians...

Decision-making in children with asthma and their parents

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Purpose To learn how children with asthma and their parents make treatment-relat...interviews of 28 school age children with asthma and their parents. Children...informational feedback. Key Words Children, parents, asthma, decision-making, focus groups...

The Awesome Asthma School Days Program: Educating Children, Inspiring a...

Journal of School Health;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......hospitalization for many children. Children with asthma have an increased risk of...Among low-income families, children with asthma have twice the odds of school failure compared with children without asthma.[1] The costs of asthma for...

YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE Asthma epidemic broadens its reach and hits...

The Boston Globe;  April 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......rise has been among children, who make up about one-third of asthma patients. Only in...startling 160 percent in children under four. An estimated...Americans now have asthma, and deaths, while...ongoing study of asthma in children. He's already demonstrated...

Benefits of swim training for children and adolescents with asthma

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  June 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......the benefits of swimming for children with asthma. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN...performance is impaired in most children with asthma due to both a sedentary lifestyle...least detrimental sport for children with asthma. Mechanisms postulated that...

Rethinking the Role of Allergy Shots for Asthma; For Some Children With...

The Washington Post;  February 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Should children with asthma be given allergy shots? That...benefit to giving allergy shots to children with severe asthma whose symptoms were already well-controll...apply only to about 20 percent of children with asthma -- those already getting intensive...

Statewide assessment of school-age children with asthma in Delaware.

Journal of School Health;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......almost one-half the cases.[3] Children with asthma face multiple challenges that...those managing the care of children with asthma within the school system is...Considering the prevalence of asthma among children in Delaware and the goals...

Asthma and Allergy Alert: It 'Takes a Village' to Help Children Properly...

U.S. Newswire;  May 4, 1999 ;     668 words ......significantly improved in recent years, children with asthma and allergies need a support...from asthma attacks than white children; asthma in pre-school children has...than one-third of adults and children with asthma restrict their activities because...

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Celebrates World Asthma Day with...

PR Newswire;  April 19, 2000 ;     545 words ......visitors to the hospital. Also, Children's Hospital asthma experts will be on-site...research and talk to the children about World Asthma Day, which is sponsored...past year. -- One in three children with asthma went to an emergency room...

HEALTH : A breath of fresh air for children with asthma

The Independent - London;  February 28, 1995 ;     700+ words ......figures show that while asthma cases are increasing generally, it is children who are suffering...Around one in seven children now suffers from asthma, double the rate...others' fear of an asthma attack. "Children are encouraged to...