School-Based Health Providers' Approaches to Social Risk Screening for Pediatric Asthma: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma has a high prevalence among children and is associated with negative outcomes and extreme costs. Asthma exacerbations, often preventable, have been associated with social determinants of health and social risk factors. It is unclear whether school-based health providers consider social information for asthma, possibly related to a lack of knowledge or data availability.

Objective

Describe the information-gathering behaviors and approaches for social risk screening for patients with asthma exacerbations performed by school-based health center providers.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative descriptive study with a purposive sample of school-based health center medical providers. We conducted four focus group sessions (total participants = 16 nurse pract

SUBMITTER: Borkowski V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035505 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature