Evans D, Mellins R B
Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y.
Pediatrician. 1991;18(4):317-23.
During the last decade, research on the behavioral aspects of childhood asthma has focussed on three goals: (1) learning how families manage asthma at home and use health care services; (2) identifying specific problems they encounter in managing asthma, and (3) developing and evaluating educational programs to teach families to overcome these problems and to manage asthma effectively in the home environment. This paper will describe the research findings on the problems families face in managing asthma, review the available and evaluated health education programs that have been developed to solve them and suggest strategies for physicians and other health care providers to incorporate health education into routine office care for asthma.
在过去十年中，关于儿童哮喘行为方面的研究聚焦于三个目标：（1）了解家庭如何在家中管理哮喘以及使用医疗服务；（2）确定他们在管理哮喘过程中遇到的具体问题；（3）开发并评估教育项目，教导家庭克服这些问题并在家庭环境中有效管理哮喘。本文将描述家庭在管理哮喘时所面临问题的研究结果，回顾为解决这些问题而开发的现有且经过评估的健康教育项目，并为医生和其他医疗服务提供者提出将健康教育纳入哮喘常规门诊护理的策略。
