What Really Happens in the Home: The Medication Environment of Urban, Minority Youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asthma disproportionately affects minority youth. Understanding the home medication environment and its relation to medication adherence can shape interventions to improve health outcomes.

Objective

The objective of this study was to describe the asthma medication environment in the homes of urban minority youth and to determine predictors of medication use and technique in this population.

Methods

Baseline data from 2 cohorts of minority youth with asthma in Chicago were combined for cross-sectional analysis. Bilingual research assistants (RAs) collected data in the home. RAs asked caregivers and children to self-report medications using pictures and observed children's asthma medications and inhaler technique.

Results

The sample contained 175 mainl

SUBMITTER: Pappalardo AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423821 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature