title: Comprehensive asthma management for underserved children.
abstract: In response to the 'asthma epidemic', local organisations in San Francisco formed the Yes We Can Urban Asthma Partnership, which uses a comprehensive medical/social model for paediatric asthma care. The Yes We Can Urban Asthma Partnership reaches out to high-risk children in different clinical settings: urgent visits, the hospital, a comprehensive specialty asthma clinic, and through an expanded community health worker programme. This article highlights the initial development, implementation, and evaluation of the success of this innovative management programme to address the problem of paediatric asthma in underserved urban areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. sthyne@sfghpeds.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Shannon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Thyne
authors.forename: Andrea K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Marmor
authors.forename: Nanette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Madden
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Herrick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population