Development and Validation of the Pediatric Well-Being Picture Scale© Using a Mixed-Methods Research Design.

: Decreased well-being may be a precursor to mental health challenges. Mental health visits for 5-11-year-old children increased by 24% from 2019 to 2020. COVID-19 led to record high levels of anxiety and depression in young children.

Evaluating outcomes of children's asthma self-management education through sustainable community-university partnerships.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of a children's asthma management education program delivered through a community-university partnership.

Design: Quasi-experimental pretest/posttest.

Sample: Convenience sample of 50 children with asthma, grades 2-5, and their parent/caregiver from nine elementary schools in New York State.

Preschool asthma: Examining environmental influences using geographic information systems.

Objective: This study was conducted to explore if environmental factors co-occur in areas with high asthma rates in Head Start (HS) children.

Design: Descriptive.

Sample: Convenience sample of 56 children with asthma enrolled in HS, ages 3-5 years.

Barriers to Asthma Management as Identified by School Nurses.

Asthma rates are increasing in children. School nurses have opportunities to care for children with asthma but need to overcome barriers impacting their ability to manage asthma in the school setting. This study (a) assessed barriers present in the school setting, (b) determined the impact of barriers on performance of asthma management behaviors, and (c) determined the impact of barriers on importance ratings of asthma management behaviors, asthma self-efficacy, and asthma attitudes (N = 537).

Using the Health Belief Model to Understand School Nurse Asthma Management.

Ten million children in the United States have asthma. Since children are in school about 6 hr a day, school nurses are positioned to intervene and influence asthma outcomes. A descriptive correlational study was designed to investigate performance of school nurses' asthma management behaviors in relationship to asthma knowledge, asthma attitude, asthma self-efficacy, and rating of importance of asthma management behaviors.