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Telemedicine Education for Rural Children With Asthma
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Telemedicine Education and Usual care for Asthma. Completed, enrolled 106 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The investigators will implement an interactive school-based telemedicine education program for rural low-income, minority children with asthma, their caregivers, and school nurses in the Delta region of Arkansas. Specific aims: 1. The investigators will examine changes in asthma symptoms control and other health outcomes such as activity levels and family/child emotional health in the intervention group compared to a usual care group. 2. The investigators will examine changes in asthma knowledge, self-efficacy, and quality of life in the intervention participants and their caregivers compared to a usual care group.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Student Asthma Education. Each student will engage in 6 age-appropriate sessions on various aspects of asthma health. Caregiver Asthma Education. The primary caregiver will engage in 2 asthma education sessions. School Nurse Asthma Education. School nurses will participate in 2 sessions. Primary Care Provider (PCP) Communication. The PCP of the intervention group participant will be notified of his/her patient's baseline asthma assessment. They will receive updates summarizing each telemedicine intervention.
Participants will receive asthma care by their PCP with no education sessions or PCP communications by the research staff.