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Preface: Civic Support and Leadership as a Catalyst for Addressing the Problem of Urban Asthma: The Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Institute's Asthma Initiative

James N. Alexander
Chest 116: 129S-130S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Greetings From Chicago

Richard M. Daley and Sheila Lyne
Chest 116: 131S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chicago's Response to the Public Health Challenge of Urban Asthma

Whitney W. Addington and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 132S-134S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma Hospitalizations and Mortality in Chicago: An Epidemiologic Overview

Sandra D. Thomas and Steve Whitman
Chest 116: 135S-141S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative: A Community-Based Approach to Understanding Asthma Care

Kevin B. Weiss and Evalyn N. Grant
Chest 116: 141S-145S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma Care Practices, Perceptions, and Beliefs of Chicago-Area Primary-Care Physicians

Evalyn N. Grant, James N. Moy, Karen Turner-Roan, Steven R. Daugherty, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 145S-154S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma Care Practices, Perceptions, and Beliefs of Chicago-Area Asthma Specialists

James N. Moy, Evalyn N. Grant, Karen Turner-Roan, Tao Li, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 154S-162S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Characteristics of Asthma Care Provided by Hospitals in a Large Metropolitan Area: Results From the Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative

Evalyn N. Grant, Tao Li, Christopher S. Lyttle, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 162S-167S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Asthma Care Practices in Chicago-Area Emergency Departments

Michael F. McDermott, Evalyn N. Grant, Karen Turner-Roan, Tao Li, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 167S-173S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Survey of Asthma Care in Managed Care Organizations: Results From the Chicago Asthma Surveillance Initiative

Sandra G. Nelson, Evalyn N. Grant, Mitchell J. Trubitt, Michael B. Foggs, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 173S-178S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Development of a Survey of Asthma Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions: The Chicago Community Asthma Survey

Evalyn N. Grant, Karen Turner-Roan, Steven R. Daugherty, Tao Li, Edward Eckenfels, Claudia Baier, Michael F. McDermott, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 178S-183S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Effects of Asthma Experience and Social Demographic Characteristics on Responses to the Chicago Community Asthma Survey-32

Kevin B. Weiss, Evalyn N. Grant, and Tao Li
Chest 116: 183S-189S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Chicago Asthma Consortium: A Community Coalition Targeting Reductions in Asthma Morbidity

Edward T. Naureckas, Raoul L. Wolf, Mitchell J. Trubitt, Kevin B. Weiss, Eva Hernandez-Thomas, Sandra Thomas, James Fink, Howard J. Zeitz, Lenore Coover, and Jura S. Scharf
Chest 116: 190S-193S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Collaborative Model to Enhance the Functioning of the School Child With Asthma

Lenore Coover, Charlene Vega, Victoria Persky, Ella Russell, Rebecca Blase, Raoul Wolf, Myrna Garcia, Evalyn Grant, and Margaret Dublin
Chest 116: 193S-195S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Identifying Asthma Patient Education Materials that Support National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Guidelines

James B. Fink
Chest 116: 195S-196S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Chicago Emergency Department Asthma Collaborative

Michael F. McDermott, James Walter, Cathy Catrambone, and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 196S-197S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Targeting Asthma in Chicago: Community Stories

Whitney W. Addington and Kevin B. Weiss
Chest 116: 198S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health Education Program to Control Asthma in Multiethnic, Low-Income Urban Communities: The Chicago Health Corps Asthma Program

Beverly J. McElmurry, Aaron G. Buseh, and Margaret Dublin
Chest 116: 198S-199S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago's Asthma Program

Mary Beth Feeney, Linda Kopecky, Loretta Walker, Seth Feldman, and Deborah daBalos
Chest 116: 200S-201S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Lawndale Christian Health Center Asthma Education Program

Florence Roque, Loretta Walker, Pat Herrod, Toni Pyzik, and William Clapp
Chest 116: 201S-202S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Infant Welfare Society's Asthma Management Project

Diana Wright
Chest 116: 202S-203S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bethany Hospital's Asthma Program

Andrew B. Greene, Carolyn L. Jackson, Mary D. Bruce, Thomas Boyle, Ndudi Aniemeka, Mohommad Chaudhary, and Suresh Talathi
Chest 116: 203S-204S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Henry Horner Pediatric Asthma Program

Claudia Baier, Evalyn N. Grant, Steven R. Daugherty, and Edward J. Eckenfels
Chest 116: 204S-206S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Advocate Health Care's Approach to Adult Asthma

Patti Ludwig-Beymer and Andrew B. Greene, Jr.
Chest 116: 206S-207S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

United HealthCare of Illinois: Working to Improve Asthma Care

Mitchell J. Trubitt
Chest 116: 208S-209S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Restructuring Asthma Care in a Hospital Setting to Improve Outcomes

Richard Evans, III, Susan LeBailly, Karyn K. Gordon, Anne Sawyer, Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, and Barbara Pearce
Chest 116: 210S-216S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chicago Community-Based Asthma Intervention Trial: Feasibility of Delivering Peer Education in an Inner-City Population

Victoria Persky, Lenore Coover, Eva Hernandez, Alicia Contreras, Julie Slezak, Julie Piorkowski, Luke Curtis, Mary Turyk, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, and Peter Scheff
Chest 116: 216S-223S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Validation of the Brief Pediatric Asthma Screen

Raoul L. Wolf, Carolyn A. Berry, Trimina O'Connor, and Lenore Coover
Chest 116: 224S-229S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A Pilot Study Describing Local Residents' Perceptions of Asthma and Knowledge of Asthma Care in Selected Chicago Communities

Terrence Conway, Tzyy-Chyn Hu, Susan Bennett, and Maria Niedos
Chest 116: 229S-234S. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program: Partnering With Local Asthma Coalitions To Implement the Guidelines

Diana K. Schmidt, Robinson Fulwood, and Claude Lenfant
Chest 116: 235S-236S. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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