The project targets asthma in urban, low-income, African-American children.
Specific aims are to experimentally evaluate whether nurse case management/peer counseling (NCM/PC) (1) reduces episodes of severe asthma, (2) reduces exposure to major factors that exacerbate asthma. (3) increases other asthma management practices, and (4) to evaluate whether NCM/PC in combination with a neighborhood coalition produces improvement over NCM/PC alone.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Type
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
Project #
5R21ES008711-02
Application #
2545803
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZES1-DPB-A (O1))
Project Start
1996-09-30
Project End
2000-09-29
Budget Start
1997-09-30
Budget End
1998-09-29
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Washington University
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
062761671
City
Saint Louis
State
MO
Country
United States
Zip Code
63130
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