Objectives. We assessed the effectiveness of a community health worker intervention
focused on reducing exposure to indoor asthma triggers. Methods. We conducted a�…

Objectives Childhood asthma is a growing public health concern in low-income urban
communities. Indoor exposure to asthma triggers has emerged as an important cause of�…

Pediatric asthma is a growing public health issue, disproportionately affecting low-income
people and people of color. Exposure to indoor asthma triggers plays an important role in�…

Objectives. We examined whether a home-based educational and environmental
intervention delivered by lay health educators would improve asthma symptom control in�…

Asthma remains the most common chronic condition of childhood. Strong evidence has
linked exposure to allergens and other triggers commonly found in homes to allergen�…

Pest infestation is a major problem in urban, low-income housing and may contribute to
elevated asthma prevalence and exacerbation rates in such communities. However, there is�…

This article describes the evaluation of a community-based participatory research (CBPR)
community health worker (CHW) intervention to improve children's asthma-related health by�…

Background Children in urban public housing are at high risk for asthma, given elevated
environmental and social exposures and suboptimal medical care. For a multifactorial�…

Background Children with asthma who live in the inner city are exposed to multiple indoor
allergens and environmental tobacco smoke in their homes. Reductions in these triggers of�…

Objective To compare the marginal benefit of in-home asthma self-management support
provided by community health workers (CHWs) with standard asthma education from clinic�…