Implementation of evidence-based asthma interventions in post-Katrina New Orleans: the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood asthma morbidity and mortality in New Orleans, Louisiana, is among the highest in the nation. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina created an environmental disaster that led to high levels of mold and other allergens and disrupted health care for children with asthma.

Objectives

We implemented a unique hybrid asthma counselor and environmental intervention based on successful National Institutes of Health asthma interventions from the National Cooperative Inner City Asthma (NCICAS) and Inner-City Asthma (ICAS) Studies with the goal of reducing asthma symptoms in New Orleans children after Hurricane Katrina.

Methods

Children (4-12 years old) with moderate-to-severe asthma (n = 182) received asthma counseling and environmental intervention for approxim

SUBMITTER: Mitchell H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3556603 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature