Parent Mentor Asthma Study (PMA)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00812136
First received: December 18, 2008
Last updated: December 19, 2008
Last verified: October 2008

December 18, 2008
December 19, 2008
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Parent Mentor Asthma Study
Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children

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.

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Interventional
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Primary Purpose: Prevention
Asthma
Behavioral: Using Parent Mentors to Improve Asthma Care for Urban Minority Children
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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.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
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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.
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NCT00812136
PMA-102008-001
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Christina Bridon, UT Southwestern Medical Center
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
October 2008

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