Child Asthma Exacerbation: Role of Caregiver Risk Beliefs

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute                                                              09/2018-06/2022                              

1R01HL137680, (Waters)

Child Asthma Exacerbation: Role of Caregiver Risk Beliefs

This research will lay the groundwork for a future intervention by characterizing the basic psychological nature of caregivers’ beliefs about their child’s risk of having an asthma exacerbation (i.e., “proxy” risk beliefs). We will also characterize the cognitive processes by which such beliefs encourage or discourage caregiver-initiated risk-reducing behavior and interact with the broader social context.

Role: Co-Investigator