Working With a Head Start Population With Asthma: Lessons Learned

: The Early Childhood Asthma Project involved asthma case identification in 35 Head Start centers in Detroit, MI, and attempted implementation of an intervention designed to help families manage a child’s asthma more effectively. Surveys were distributed to the parents of all Head Start children (34...

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Published in:The Journal of school health 2006-08, Vol.76 (6), p.273-275
Main Authors: Nelson, Belinda W., Clark, Noreen M., Valerio, Melissa A., Houle, Christy R., Brown, Randall W., Brown, Clive
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Education
Asthma
Asthma - diagnosis
Asthma - therapy
Asthma in children
Attitude to Health
Beliefs
Caregivers
Child Health
Child, Preschool
Childhood asthma
Children & youth
Data Analysis
Data Collection
Disease management
Diseases
Early Childhood Education
Early Intervention
Early Intervention (Education) - statistics & numerical data
Family Involvement
Head Start project
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Health education
Health Education - methods
Health Needs
Health Surveys
Home Visits
Humans
Identification
Job Training
Low Income
Michigan
Nursing
Parent Responsibility
Parents
Parents & parenting
Prevention
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
Program Implementation
Randomized Controlled Trials
Social Work - methods
Surveys
Teaching Methods
Training
Urban Areas
Young Children
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Summary:: The Early Childhood Asthma Project involved asthma case identification in 35 Head Start centers in Detroit, MI, and attempted implementation of an intervention designed to help families manage a child’s asthma more effectively. Surveys were distributed to the parents of all Head Start children (3408), and 2198 complete surveys were returned. Case detection found probable asthma in 30% of the children whose parent returned a sufficiently complete survey. Implementation of the intervention was unsuccessful in this setting. Obstacles to effective implementation included the sample’s low participation and high attrition, limited involvement of Head Start personnel, factors related to the program approach, and the target population’s beliefs about asthma. (J Sch Health. 2006;76(6):273–275)
ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00111.x