Community-based asthma assessment in young children: adaptations for a multicentre longitudinal study in South Asia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic assessment of childhood asthma is challenging in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) settings due to the lack of standardised and validated methodologies. We describe the contextual challenges and adaptation strategies in the implementation of a community-based asthma assessment in four resource-constrained settings in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

Method

We followed a group of children of age 6-8 years for 12 months to record their respiratory health outcomes. The study participants were enrolled at four study sites of the 'Aetiology of Neonatal Infection in South Asia (ANISA)' study. We standardised the research methods for the sites, trained field staff for uniform data collection and provided a 'Child Card' to the caregiver to record the illnes

SUBMITTER: Islam MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297457 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature