The Community United to Challenge Asthma

Rush University Medical Center51 enrolled

Overview

This study compares an asthma self-management intervention, delivered to the family and tailored to their needs and cultural beliefs, to standard asthma education in high-risk Puerto Rican children in elementary school. The primary outcomes are asthma medication adherence and trigger reduction.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Asthma

Interventions

community health workerBEHAVIORAL

community health worker provides home visits for education

mailed informationBEHAVIORAL

information on asthma is mailed to the home on the same schedule as the other arm

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Puerto Rican * In elementary school * Diagnosed with asthma Exclusion Criteria: * Not in school * Mild intermittent asthma * Well controlled asthma

Locations (1)

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

medication adherence

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

trigger reduction

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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