Project HOMES: Home Visits to Optimize Medical and Educational Success
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 11
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Missed School Days
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study will establish a multi-disciplinary home visitation team consisting of a medical provider and school teacher or staff member, and will evaluate whether a series of visits from this team will help decrease school absenteeism among children with asthma.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 5 Years to 12 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Students in elementary school (K-6) in the Sacramento City Unified School District
- •Identified as at risk for chronic absenteeism based on previous year and/or first 8 weeks of school year
- •Have a current diagnosis of asthma
Exclusion Criteria
- •Underlying chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease with oxygen dependence, immunodeficiency syndromes
Arms & Interventions
Intervention
The intervention arm will receive the home visit intervention, consisting of 2 visits to the home by a team consisting of a pediatric medical provider and a school teacher or school support staff member. This team will evaluate the child's home environment to assess for potential asthma triggers that may lead to school absenteeism, and provide strategies and material goods to help reduce those triggers.
Intervention: Home Visit (Behavioral)
Wait-List Control
The control group will receive standard interventions carried out by the school system for students at risk for chronic absenteeism. Following the study observation period, this control group will then receive the home visits performed for the intervention group.
Intervention: Home Visit (Behavioral)
Wait-List Control
The control group will receive standard interventions carried out by the school system for students at risk for chronic absenteeism. Following the study observation period, this control group will then receive the home visits performed for the intervention group.
Intervention: Standard Care (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Missed School Days
Time Frame: One academic year
The number of school days missed over the course of an academic year
Secondary Outcomes
- Asthma Symptom Report(One academic year)
- Asthma Control Test(One academic year)
- Healthcare Utilization(One academic year)