title: Reducing home triggers for asthma: the Latino community health worker approach.
abstract: This study assessed the ability of a community health worker asthma intervention to change home asthma triggers. A total of 56 children and 47 adults with asthma were enrolled. Home trigger scores for the children averaged 2.8 at the initial home visit and then 2.3, 2.1, and 2.0 at 3, 6, and 12 months. Home trigger scores for the adults showed a similar trend. Every home visit was associated with a 0.32 reduction in home trigger score (p < 0.01) for children and a 0.41 reduction (p < 0.01) for adults. This intervention shows promise as a way to reduce asthma triggers in urban low-income Latino communities.
authors.affiliation: Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA. molly_a_martin@rush.edu
authors.forename: Molly A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naureckas
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lantos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population