The Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma
Selected Publications
Prompting Asthma Intervention in Rochester Uniting Parents and Providers(PAIR-UP)
- Yee AB, Fagnano M, Halterman JS.
Preventive Asthma Care Delivery in the Primary Care Office: Missed Opportunities for Children With Persistent Asthma Symptoms.
Academic Pediatrics, 2012; 12:1-7.
- Halterman JS, Fisher S, Conn KM, Fagnano M, Lynch K, Marky A, Szilagyi PG.
Improved Preventive Care for Asthma: A Randomized Trial of Clinician Prompting in Pediatric Offices.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2006;160:1018-1025. - Halterman JS, McConnochie KM, Conn KM, Yoos HL, Callahan PM, Neely TL, Szilagyi PG.
A Randomized Trial of Provider Prompting to Enhance Preventive Asthma Therapy.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2005;159:422-427.
Pilot Study to Improve Preventive Asthma care for Urban Adolescents
- Halterman JS, Riekert K, Bayer A, Fagnano M, Tremblay P, Blaakman S, Borrelli B.
A Pilot Study to Enhance Preventive Asthma Care among Urban Adolescents with Asthma.
Journal of Asthma, 2011;48(5):523-30.
Asthma Education and Secondhand Smoke Reduction for Premature Infants
- Halterman JS., Lynch KA., Conn KM., Hernandez, TE., Perry TT., Stevens T.
Environmental Exposures and Respiratory Morbidity among Very Low Birth Weight Infants at One Year of Life.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2009; 94: 28-32.
School Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT)
- Susan Blaakman, Paul J. Tremblay, Jill S. Halterman, Maria Fagnano, and Belinda Borrelli
Implementation of a community-based secondhand smoke reduction intervention for caregivers of urban children with asthma: process evaluation, successes and challenges.Health Educ. Res. 2013; 28:141-152. - Halterman JS, Szilagyi PG, Fisher S, Fagnano M, Tremblay P, Conn K, Wang H, Borrelli B.
Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Care for Urban Children with Asthma.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolsecent Medicine, 2011;165(3):262-268. - Halterman JS, Borrelli B, Fisher S, Szilagyi PG, Yoos HL.
Improving Care for Urban Children with Asthma: Design and Methods of the School-Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT) Trial.
Journal of Asthma, 2008;45:279-286. - Halterman JS, Szilagyi PG, Yoos HL, Conn KM, Kaczorowski JM, Holzhauer RJ, Lauver SC, Neely TL, Callahan PM, McConnochie KM.
Benefits of a School-Based Asthma Treatment Program in the Absence of Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trail.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolsecent Medicine, 2004;158:460-467.
Other Publications
- Fagnano M, Halterman JS, Conn K, Shone LP.
Health Literacy and Sources of Health Information for Caregivers of Urban Children With Asthma.
Clinical Pediatrics, 2012;51(3):267-73. - Butz AM, Halterman JS, Bellin M, Tsoukleris M, Donithan M, Kub J, Thompson RE, et al.
Factors Associated with Second-Hand Smoke Exposure in Young Inner-City Children with Asthma.
Journal of Asthma, 2011;48(5):449-57. - Fagnano M, Bayer AL, Isensee CA, Hernandez T, Halterman JS.
Nocturnal Asthma Symptoms and Poor Sleep Quality Among Urban School Children with Asthma
Academic Pediatrics, 2011;11(6):493-9. - Halterman JS, Borrelli B, Conn K, Tremblay P, Blaakman S.
Motivation to quit smoking among parents of urban children with asthma.
Patient Education and Counseling, 2010;79(2):152-5. - Halterman JS, Conn K, Hernandez T, Tanski SE.
Parent Knowledge, Attitudes, and Household Practices Regarding SHS Exposure: A Case-Control Study of Urban Children With and Without Asthma.
Clinical Pediatrics, 2010;49(8):782-789. - Conn K, Hernandez T, Puthoor P, Fagnano M, Haltherman JS.
Screen Time Use Among Urban Children with Asthma.
Academic Pediatrics, 2009;9(1):60-3. - Shone LP, Conn K, Sanders L, Halterman JS.
The role of parent health literacy among urban children with persistent asthma.
Patient Education and Counseling, 2009;75(3):368-75. - Halterman JS, Montes GM, Shone LP, Szilagyi PG.
The Impact of Health Insurance Gaps on Access to Care among Children with Asthma in the US.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2008; 8:43-49. - Halterman JS, Borrelli B, Tremblay P, Conn KM, Fagnano M, Montes G, Hernandez T.
Screening for Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure among Inner City Children with Asthma.
Pediatrics, 2008;122(6):1277-1283. - Fagnano M, Conn KM, Halterman JS.
Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Behaviors of Inner-City Children with Asthma.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2008;8(5): 288-293. - McMullen A, Yoos HL, Kitzman H, Halterman JS, Anson E, Sidora-Arcoleo K.
Asthma Care of Children in Clinical Practice: Do Parents Report Receiving Appropriate Education.
Pediatric Nursing, 2007;33,37-44. - Peterson-Sweeney K, McMullen A, Yoos HL, Kitzmann H, Halterman JS, et al.
Impact of asthma education received from health care providers on parental illness representation in childhood asthma.
Research in Nursing & Health, 2007;30:203-212. - Halterman JS, Fagnano M, Conn KM, Lynch K, DelBalso M, Chin N.
Barriers to Reducing ETS in the Homes of Inner-City Children with Asthma.
Journal of Asthma, 2007;44,83-88. - Halterman JS, Auinger P, Conn KM, Lynch K, Yoos HL, Szilagyi PG.
Inadequate Therapy and Poor Symptom Control among Children with Asthma: Findings from a Multi-State Sample.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2007;7:153-159. - Conn KM, Halterman JS, Cabana M.
The Impact of Parents' Medication Beliefs on Asthma Management.
Pediatrics, 2007;120:e521-526. - Yoos, HL, Kitzman H, Henderson C, McMullen A, Sidora-Arcoleo K, Halterman JS, Anson B.
The Impact of the Parental Illness Representation on Disease Management in Childhood Asthma.
Nursing Research; 2007:56(3):167-74. - Halterman JS, Conn KM, Forbes-Jones E, Fagnano M, Hightower AD, Szilagyi PG.
Behavior Problems Among Inner-City Children with Asthma: Findings from a Community-Based Sample.
Pediatrics, 2006;117:e192-e199.
- Kavanaugh M, Halterman JS, Montes G, Epstein M, Weitzman M.
Maternal Depressive Symptoms are Adversely Associated with Parenting Resources and Skills and Child Prevention Practices.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2006;6:32-37.
- Halterman JS, Fagnano M, Conn KM, Szilagyi PG.
Do Parents of Children with Persistent Asthma Ban Smoking in Their Homes and Cars? Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2006;6:115-119.
- Yoos HL, Kitzman H, Halterman JS, Henderson C, Sidora-Arcoleo K, McMullen A.
Treatment Regimens and Health Care Utilization in Children with Persistent Asthma Symptoms.
Journal of Asthma, 2006;43:385-391. - Halterman JS, Kitzman H, McMullen A, Lynch K, Fagnano M, Conn KM, Yoos HL.
Quantifying Preventive Asthma Care Delivered at Office Visits: The Preventive Asthma Care - Composite Index (PAC-CI).
Journal of Asthma, 2006;42:559. - Halterman JS, Yoos HL, Kitzman H, Anson E, Sidora-Arcoleo K, McMullen A.
Symptom Reporting in Childhood Asthma: A Comparison of Assessment Methods.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2006;91:766-770. - Brotanek JM, Halterman JS, Auinger P, Weitzman M.
Inadequate Access to Care Among Children with Asthma from Spanish-Speaking Families.
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2005;16:63-73. - Conn KM, Halterman JS, Fisher S, Yoos HL, Chin N, Szilagyi PG.
Parental Beliefs about Medications and Medication Adherence Among Urban Children with Asthma.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2005;5:306-310. - Halterman JS, Yoos HL, Conn KM, Callahan PM, Montes G, Neely T, Szilagyi PG.
The Impact of Childhood Asthma on Parental Quality of Life.
Journal of Asthma, 41;6:643-53.2004. - Halterman JS, McConnochie KM, Conn KM, Yoos HL, Kaczorowski JM,Holzhauer RJ, Allan M, Szilagyi PG.
A Potential Pitfall in Provider Assessments of the Quality of Asthma Control.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2003;3:102-105. - Halterman JS, Yoos HL, Kaczorowski JM, McConnochie KM, Holzhauer RJ, Conn KM, Lauver S, Szilagyi PG.
Providers Underestimate Symptom Severity Among Urban Children with Asthma.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2002:156:141-146. - Halterman JS, Montes G, Aligne CA, Hightower D, Kaczorowski JM, Szilagyi PG.
School Readiness Among Urban Children with Asthma.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2001;1:201-205. - Halterman JS, Yoos HL, Sidora K, Kitzman H, McMullen A.
Medication Use and Health Care Contact Among Symptomatic Children with Asthma.
Ambulatory Pediatrics, 2001.1:275-279. - Halterman JS, Aligne CA, Auinger P, McBride J, Szilagyi PG.
Inadequate Therapy for Asthma Among Children in the United States.
Pediatrics, 2000;105:272-276.
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