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Childhood Asthma Program in NYC Health Department Clinics

NCT00005713 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2015-12-23

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Summary

To demonstrate that the New York City Department of Health Child Health Clinics could improve the health status of Black and Hispanic children with asthma by providing them with a comprehensive system of continuity of care that included pharmacologic treatment, family health education and community outreach.

Recent studies have shown that lack of continuing primary care for asthma is associated with increased levels of morbidity in low-income minority children. Although effective preventive therapy is available, many African-American and Latino children receive episodic treatment for asthma that does not follow current guidelines for care. To see if access, continuity, and quality of care could be improved in pediatric clinics serving low-income children in New York City, we trained staff in New York City Bureau of Child Health clinics to provide continuing, preventive care for asthma.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Continuing, preventative care

Training for intervention clinic staff was based on National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma, and included screening to identify new cases and health education to improve family management.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Evans, MD · Professor of Emeritus of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences In Pedi, Dept of Sociomedical Sciences

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1990-08-31
Primary Completion
1997-02-28
Completion
1997-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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