An asthma collaboration to reduce childhood asthma disparities on the Navajo Nation: Trial protocol for the Community Asthma Program.

ABSTRACT: Navajo children disproportionately experience poor asthma outcomes. Following a one-year community engagement period with key stakeholders from the Navajo Nation, the Community Asthma Program (CAP) was created using evidenced based programs with the goal of reducing asthma disparities among Navajo children. CAP is being evaluated with a six-year, multi-site step-wedge design in three Navajo communities: Tuba City, Chinle and Fort Defiance, Arizona. The primary outcome is asthma exacerbations defined as use of systemic oral corticosteroids, asthma hospitalizations, asthma related ED visits, and ICU admissions. Asthma exacerbations will be measured using data from the electronic medical records of the three community health care centers. Secondary outcomes include will changes in asthma-rela

SUBMITTER: Lowe AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9773051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature