Status:
COMPLETED
A Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention for Childhood Asthma Using Air Filters and Air Conditioners
Lead Sponsor:
University of Michigan
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Conditions:
Childhood Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The burden of childhood asthma is borne disproportionately by children living in poverty and in urban centers, many of whom are from communities of color and are at greater risk for environmental expo...
Detailed Description
For the proposed study we will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing a standard community health worker home visit intervention (the standard intervention) to an Air Filter(AF) only in...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Residents of EastSide or Southwest Detroit
- child in the family between age of 6-12 with responses to the screening questionnaire consistent with known or probable persistent (mild, moderate, or severe) asthma
- Exclusion Criteria
- the family participated in our previous intervention study in Detroit
- the family experiences continuous homelessness during the period of enrollment;
- the child spends fewer than 80% of nights at the primary household during the school year
- the child has a physical or mental handicap that would preclude successful completion of the child survey and spirometry.
- the child spends fewer than 28 consecutive nights (4 weeks) during the summer (i.e., June, July, and August) at the primary household
- the family is monolingual in a language other than English or Spanish;
- the electrical wiring of the house is inadequate for use of the air filter/air conditioner (AF/AC)
- the home lacks a closable door to the room where the child usually sleeps
- there is already an existent window AC unit in the room where the child usually sleeps
- the window in the room where the child usually sleeps will not support the addition of a window AC unit.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
126 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00839046
Start Date
August 1 2007
End Date
October 1 2010
Last Update
July 24 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109-2029