Prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren under-represents those from socially deprived areas |
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Authors: | Erlewyn-Lajeunesse Michel Edmondson-Jones Paul |
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Institution: | Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust, Finchdean House, Milton Road, Portsmouth PO3 6DP, UK. E-mail: M.D.S.Erlewyn-Lajeunesse@soton.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | We were interested to read the excellent study by McCann etal. in the February edition of Health Education Research (McCannet al., 2002 ). We have recently conducted a similar, but smaller,study that sheds some light upon their results. Our study aimedto assess the impact of our local asthma health promotion schemefor schools Asthma Friendly Schools (AFS) Initiative], whichhad been in place for 5 years and had been adopted by abouthalf of all Portsmouth schools. We |
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