Caregiver empowerment, family asthma management, and patient–provider relationship for children with asthma.

Caregivers play an important role in their child's asthma management. This study examines the association of caregiver empowerment with family asthma management, and the patient-provider relationship for urban children and their caregivers. Data were collected between 2011 and 2014. Participants were racially diverse dyads of caregivers and children (N = 141) between 7 and 9 years old diagnosed with asthma, living in urban school districts. Results showed that caregiver empowerment was not associated with family asthma management; however, better family asthma management ratings were related to having a caregiver born in the United States who spoke English, and an annual family income above the poverty threshold. Caregiver empowerment was inversely associated with the patient-provider relationship, suggesting that caregiver increased comfort in navigating one's community and health services was associated with lower ratings of the patient-provider relationship. The findings highlight the importance of considering caregiver empowerment when understanding the patient-provider relationship for children diagnosed with asthma. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).