Multilevel facilitators of pediatric asthma outcomes: The role of caregiver self-efficacy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Caregivers' self-efficacy for managing their child's asthma appears to influence their success with managing their child's disease. We examined how caregiver self-efficacy operates in the context of multilevel social-environmental support factors to shape asthma outcomes.

Method

Caregivers of children (< 18 years old) with asthma completed surveys at baseline (T1) and 3 months later (T2). At T1, caregivers (n = 814) rated health care provider communication, family collaboration, community resources, socioeconomic status (SES), objective numeracy, caregiver global health, and caregiver self-efficacy for managing their child's asthma. At T1 and T2 (n = 401), caregivers rated their asthma management behaviors and their child's asthma-related morbidity an

SUBMITTER: Fedele DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11881234 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature