School-supervised Asthma Therapy is Associated with Improved Long-Term Asthma Outcomes for Underrepresented Minority Children
Shillan, Holly N. ; Luther, Janki P. ; Ryan, Grace W ; Hoque, Shushmita ; Spano, Michelle A. ; Lessard, Darleen M ; Gerald, Lynn B. ; Pbert, Lori ; Phipatanakul, Wanda ; Goldberg, Robert J. ... show 1 more
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asthma hospital admissions
long-term outcomes
low-income
school nurse
school-supervised asthma therapy
underrepresented minority children
Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology
Pediatric Nursing
Pediatrics
Preventive Medicine
Pulmonology
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Asthma morbidity disproportionately impacts children from low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities. School-supervised asthma therapy improves asthma outcomes for up to 15 months for underrepresented minority children, but little is known about whether these benefits are sustained over time. We examined the frequency of emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for 83 children enrolled in Asthma Link, a school nurse-supervised asthma therapy program serving predominantly underrepresented minority children. We compared outcomes between the year preceding enrollment and years one-four post-enrollment. Compared with the year prior to enrollment, asthma-related ED visits decreased by 67.9% at one year, 59.5% at two years, 70.2% at three years, and 50% at four years post-enrollment (all p-values < 0.005). There were also significant declines in mean numbers of total ED visits, asthma-related hospital admissions, and total hospital admissions. Our results indicate that school nurse-supervised asthma therapy could potentially mitigate racial/ethnic and socioeconomic inequities in childhood asthma.
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Shillan HN, Luther JP, Ryan GW, Hoque S, Spano MA, Lessard DM, Gerald LB, Pbert L, Phipatanakul W, Goldberg RJ, Trivedi MK. School-supervised Asthma Therapy is Associated with Improved Long-Term Asthma Outcomes for Underrepresented Minority Children. J Sch Nurs. 2022 May 12:10598405221100470. doi: 10.1177/10598405221100470. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35548948. Link to article on publisher's site