Abstract

Asthma remains the leading cause of chronic respiratory illness among Native Hawaiian children 0 to 17 years in Hawai'i. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) established asthma management guidelines which includes medical assessment and monitoring, education in partnership with the caregiver, control of environmental triggers, and medication adherence (National Asthma Education Prevention Program [NAEPP], 2007).
However, these guidelines do not consider the worldview, health beliefs, and cultural practices of caregiver, child, and family.

The purpose of this study was to describe how Native Hawaiian caregivers manage pediatric asthma, to understand which strategies are considered cultural practices, and to identify other cultural practices used to manage asthma.

Description

This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10757767; ProQuest document ID: 2014469546. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Donna-Marie Palakiko, PhD, RN, APRN

Sigma Membership

Beta Gamma

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Native Hawaiians, Children with Asthma, Asthma Management, Cultural Practices, Caregivers

Advisor

Alice M. Tse

Second Advisor

Karol Richardson

Third Advisor

Karen Tessier

Fourth Advisor

Ka'imi Sinclair

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Degree Year

2017

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-04-29

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