Parent/child Interactions And Asthma Self-management

了解家庭如何分担哮喘管理的责任是一个重要的问题，因为有证据表明哮喘对美国人口的负担日益增加。了解儿童与成人看护人管理哮喘的程度，以及慢性病管理责任从看护人转移到儿童的过程和结果，可能有助于儿科医疗保健提供者促进患者家庭的成功自我管理。本研究的目的是确定：1）由儿童、看护人或共同进行的自我管理活动的类型; 2）看护人和儿童对自我管理的感知（例如期望、显著性、有效性和障碍）; 3）看护人向儿童传授哮喘自我管理任务责任的策略。采用定性和定量相结合的方法。本研究的信息将用于帮助指导未来的努力，教育家庭和医生，试图改善儿童慢性疾病的照顾者和儿童的亲子自我管理共享和转移过程。

Understanding how families share responsibility for asthma management is an important issue in view of evidence for the increasing burden of asthma on the population of the United States. Understanding the degree of child versus adult caretaker management of asthma, and the process and outcomes transfer of responsibility for chronic disease management from caretaker to child may help pediatric health care providers facilitate successful self-management in the families of their patients. The goals of this study are to identify 1)types of self-management activities performed by the child, by the caretaker, or jointly, 2)perceptions of self-management (e.g. expectations, salience,efficacy, and barriers) among caretakers and children, and; 3)caretaker strategies for teaching of responsibility for asthma self-management tasks to their children. Qualitative and quantitative methods are employed. Information from this study will be used to help guide future efforts to educate both families and physicians in an attempt to improve the parent-child self-management sharing and transfer process of caretakers and children in pediatric chronic conditions.