Community-Engaged, Multi-Method Needs Assessment to Improve Asthma Care Implementation: The Rhode Island Asthma Integrated Response (RI-AIR) Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Asthma disproportionately afflicts U.S. urban children, particularly those of Black and Latino backgrounds, and is highly prevalent in Rhode Island (RI). We collaborated with community partners to conduct a multi-level, theoretically supported needs assessment and used its findings to inform the development of the Rhode Island Asthma Integrated Response (RI-AIR) Program.

Methods

To elucidate social, epidemiological, behavioral, environmental, educational, administrative, and policy-related factors contributing to gaps in asthma care in RI, we established the RI-AIR Collaborative with community partners; examined state- and hospital-level health care data; conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with community partners; used geospatial mapping to identify hig

SUBMITTER: Yeo AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature