Authors: Sweta Basnet, Kristen Wroblewski, Elizabeth Hansen, Ernestina Perez, Ruobing Lyu, Zain Abid, Alexis Roach, Catina Latham, Nadia Salibi, Brenda Battle, Louise Giles
A program in Chicago used community health workers (CHWs) to visit homes and help manage pediatric asthma, aiming to reduce asthma-related health issues and hospital visits. The study included 123 children, mostly non-Hispanic black, aged 2–18. After participating, children had fewer daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms and used less rescue medication. Emergency department visits dropped by 52%, though hospital admissions remained the same. The findings suggest that CHW home visits can be an effective part of asthma care, especially in urban areas, helping to reduce health disparities.
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Resource Topic: Asthma
Resource Type: Evaluation
Year: 2024
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Country: United States of America
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