One area that deserves attention is medication, not least because it is such an everyday
occurrence for us as health professionals. However, for children and families, medication can be a
major issue to come to terms with and may influence adherence to medication treatment plans.
Parental anxiety about medications can have a strong impact on whether or not the child receives
his/her prescribed treatment, and such concerns seem to be fairly universal. Conn et al. (2005) note
in their study of parents of children with persistent asthma living in urban America that although
most parents recognized the importance of the medications in maintaining their child’s health,