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Question: Among urban adolescents with asthma, can a school-based educational and counseling program improve outcome over conventional management?
Question type: Treatment
Study design: Randomized, controlled clinical trial
A dolescents with asthma, particularly those from inner-city minority groups, experience substantial morbidity and occasional mortality. Investigators from NYU and Columbia University in New York City sought to determine if an intervention involving concurrent provider education and school-based patient intervention would lead to better medical management of asthma, fewer days with activity restriction and school absences, and less urgent health care utilization as compared to conventional management. From 2001 to 2004, 9th and 10th graders with moderate to severe persistent asthma from five participating high schools with a high proportion of Latino and …
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