Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center0 sitesDecember 22, 2008

ConditionsAsthma

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Asthma
Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Asthma disproportionately affects minorities, but few studies have evaluated interventions to improve asthma outcomes in minority children.The purpose of the study is to determine whether Parent Mentors (PMs) are more effective than traditional asthma care in reducing minority children's asthma morbidity, costs, and use of services, while increasing families' quality of life and parental self-efficacy.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

December 22, 2008

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•The child was 2-18 years old
•African-American or Latino race/ethnicity for the child (by parental identification)
•Primary residence in a Milwaukee zip code
•ED or inpatient ward admission with a primary diagnosis of asthma.

Exclusion Criteria

•Significant co-morbidity, including other pulmonary conditions, cardiac pathology, renal abnormalities, diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, and other co-morbidities that might lead to ED visits or hospitalizations, and current enrollment in a case management, intervention, or outreach program for childhood asthma management.