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Asthma Care Training (ACT) for Kids

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Description

Asthma affects more than 1 million adults and 250,000 children in New York. The state's age-adjusted mortality rate for asthma (18.0) is above the national average (15.4). In 2000, New Yorkers were hospitalized a total of 39,600 times because of asthma. In collaboration with several community health centers, the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center is implementing the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America's "Asthma Care Training (ACT) for Kids" intervention for children aged 8 to 12 years who have persistent asthma.

Goal / Mission

Effective asthma control can improve quality of life, reduce medical costs, and reduce the number of asthma-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, school and work days missed, days of restricted activity, and deaths each year.

Results / Accomplishments

Approximately 160 children and their parents are expected to complete the ACT program in 2003. The ACT intervention has been shown, along with other positive outcomes, to (1) increase knowledge of asthma triggers, (2) increase self-reported asthma control compliance behaviors, (3) reduce the number of emergency room visits and days of hospitalization for children with asthma, and (4) reduce medical costs.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Primary Contact
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Pediatric Asthma Center
1770 Grand Concourse, Suite 1 H
Bronx, New York 10457
(718) 901-8175
http://www.bronx-leb.org/COE/Pediatrics.html#Asthm...
Topics
Health / Children's Health
Health / Respiratory Diseases
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Date of publication
2003
Date of implementation
2003
Location
Bronx, NY
Target Audience
Children, Families

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
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