Parent Mentor Asthma Study

NCT00812136 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PMA-102008-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

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.

Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

Interventions

Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Flores G, Bridon C, Torres S, Perez R, Walter T, Brotanek J, Lin H, Tomany-Korman S. Improving asthma outcomes in minority children: a randomized, controlled trial of parent mentors. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1522-32. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-0230.

  PMID: 19948624 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D.

  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 18, 2008
• First Posted: December 22, 2008
• Last Updated: April 23, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04