The burden of asthma is particularly notable in adolescents, and is associated with higher
rates of prevalence and mortality compared with younger children. One factor contributing to …

Critical illness is a life-changing event for patients and their families. As mortality has
declined, many survivors experience new and persistent impairments in physical …

Adherence improvement strategies can be broadly classified as educational, organizational,
and behavioral (Dunbar, Marshall, & Hovell, 1979). Educational strategies primarily rely on …

Background. Maternal depression is widely recognized to negatively influence mother-child
interactions and children's behavior and development, but little is known about its relation to …

abstract Severe asthma in children is associated with significant morbidity. Children with
severe asthma are at increased risk for adverse outcomes including medication-related side …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Advanced understanding of modifiable predictors of
health care use in pediatric chronic illness is critical to reducing health care costs. We …

Objective Significant disparities exist in asthma outcomes. Racial and ethnic minorities have
lower controller medication adherence, which may contribute to differences in asthma …

We aimed to determine the levels of anxiety and depression in mothers and fathers of a
chronically ill child (0–18 years) and to study which parental and child variables are …

Asthma is a common inflammatory condition affecting more than 7 million children in the
United States alone, and tens of millions more globally. Despite effective preventive …

Environmental justice is the concept that all people have the right to live in a healthy
environment, to be protected against environmental hazards, and to participate in decisions …