Abstract
Specialists involved in pediatric asthma management often have problems with their patients’ compliance: their prescriptions are not very well, or not at all followed. Health beliefs and representations of young patients and their family have a great influence on therapeutic observance. These beliefs and representations are linked with the patient’s own history, and cultural and social environment. They determine in part his attitudes, judgements and behaviors. It is necessary to consider these representations in order to change the patient’s behavior. Investigating and understanding beliefs and representations of these families give practicians a better knowledge of the patients’ ideas, conceptions and perceptions of asthma. Thus, it is possible to identify management difficulties. Then, the practician can use this information to give educative messages, and to improve the follow-up’s effectiveness.
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