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Asthma Surveillance and Education in Preschool Settings

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Asthma

Study type

Observational

Funder types

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00201071
R01HL076592 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
1298

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a bilingual intervention in improving asthma care for low-income inner-city children enrolled in subsidized preschool childcare programs.

Full description

BACKGROUND:

Proposed is a non-randomized, controlled, prospective trial to test the efficacy of a bilingual intervention to improve asthma care for low-income inner-city children enrolled in subsidized preschool childcare programs. Because of high rates of asthma prevalence, subsidized preschool childcare programs offer ideal settings to test innovative strategies to improve asthma care within communities at highest risk of morbidity.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

The study will comprise three arms. Arm 1 is surveillance, in which children with asthma are identified. In Arm 2, children with asthma are identified and given written Asthma Action Plans (monitoring). Arm 3 consists of surveillance, monitoring, and education.

Enrollment

208 patients

Sex

All

Ages

2 to 4 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Enrolled in specific subsidized preschools in New York City
  • 2.8 to 4 years old
  • Persistent asthma as defined by symptom reports
  • Use of quick-relief agents or controller medications

Exclusion criteria

  • History of intubation

Trial design

208 participants in 1 patient group

South Bronx, Harlem, Lower East Side

Trial contacts and locations

1

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