Improving Pediatrician Knowledge About Environmental Triggers of Asthma

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• Alternative Title:
  Clin Pediatr (Phila)
• Personal Author:
  Roberts, James R. ; Karr, Catherine J. ; de Ybarrondo, Lisa ; McCurdy, Leyla E. ; Freeland, Katherine D. ; Hulsey, Thomas C. ; Forman, Joel
• Description:
  Background
  
  Control of environmental triggers (ETs) greatly improves asthma outcomes in children. Disseminating these findings to general pediatricians has not been well established.
  
  Methods
  
  After delivering a structured and standardized presentation on ET identification and control to pediatricians, we surveyed them about knowledge and practices of ET assessment and management. We analyzed matched responses for pre/post and 3- to 6-month follow-up using McNemar’s χ2 test.
  
  Results
  
  Matched data were available for 367 participants, and 3- to 6-month follow-up data were available for 83. There was a significant posttraining increase in intention to ask about ETs and recommend ET management. After 3 to 6 months, all responses remained significantly higher than baseline, except “likely to refer to an asthma specialist.”
  
  Conclusion
  
  Pediatricians reported a significant improvement in knowledge about ETs of asthma and a willingness to incorporate exposure history questions and remediation recommendations in their routine practice.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asthma Environment Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Pediatrics Physicians Surveys And Questionnaires
• Source:
  Clin Pediatr (Phila). 52(6):527-533.
• Pubmed ID:
  23539690
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5816678
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U61 TS000238/TS/ATSDR CDC HHS/United States ; 5UE1EH00761-02/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States ; HHSN268200800317U/PHS HHS/United States ; L40 ES012624/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; UE1 EH000761/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:359f6b6ab5f4c4b59416a8f40e576ff1e8494900370edd40d1da8cddfa30d59d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51849/cdc_51849_DS1.pdf
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