Recruitment, asthma characteristics, and medication behaviors in Midwestern Puerto Rican youth: data from Project CURA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Puerto Rican children have the highest prevalence of asthma, but detailed descriptions of this population have been limited to the island of Puerto Rico and the northeastern United States.

Objective

To describe the asthma characteristics of this urban Midwest cohort of Puerto Rican youth, focusing on medication behaviors, and to test whether their asthma outcomes are associated with their demographic and psychosocial variables.

Methods

Data are from the baseline cohorts of a randomized controlled trial designed to improve medication adherence in Puerto Rican youth. Recruitment used a community-based participatory research approach. Data were collected in the home. Medications and medication technique were visually assessed, and adherence was determined usin

SUBMITTER: Martin MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3408713 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature