Asthma Control: Home-Based Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Environmental Interventions

Included Studies

Barton A, Basham M, Foy C, Buckingham K, Somerville M. The Watcombe Housing Study: the short term effect of improving housing conditions on the health of residents. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2007;61(9):771-7.

Brown MD, Reeves MJ, Meyerson K, Korzeniewski SJ. Randomized trial of a comprehensive asthma education program after an emergency department visit. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2006;97(1):44-51.

Carter MC, Perzanowski M, Raymond A, Platts-Mills T. Home intervention in the treatment of asthma among inner-city children. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2001;108(5):732-7.

Eggleston PA, Butz A, Rand C, Curtin-Brosnan J, Kanchanaraksa S, Swartz L, et al. Home environmental intervention in inner-city asthma: a randomized controlled clinical trial. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2005;95(6):518-24.

Evans III R, Gergen PJ, Mitchell H, Kattan M, Kercsmar C, Crain E, et al. A randomized clinical trial to reduce asthma morbidity among inner-city children: results of the National Cooperative Inner-City Asthma Study. The Journal of Pediatrics 1999;135(3):332-8.

Hasan RA, Zureikat GY, Camp J, Duff J, Nolan BM. The positive impact of a disease management program on asthma morbidity in inner-city children. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology 2003;16(3):147-53.

Hughes DM, McLeod M, Garner B, Goldbloom RB. Controlled trial of a home and ambulatory program for asthmatic children. Pediatrics 1991;87(1):54-61.

Kercsmar CM, Dearborn DG, Schluchter M, Xue L, Kirchner HL, Sobolewski J, et al. Reduction in asthma morbidity in children as a result of home remediation aimed at moisture sources. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006;114 (10):1574-80.

Klinnert MD, Liu AH, Pearson MR, Ellison MC, Budhiraja N, Robinson JL. Short-term impact of a randomized multifaceted intervention for wheezing infants in low-income families. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2005;159:75-82.

Krieger J, Takaro TK, Song L, Beaudet N, Edwards K. A randomized controlled trial of asthma self-management support comparing clinic-based nurses and in-home community health workers: the Seattle-King County Healthy Homes II Project. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2009;163(2):141-9.

Krieger JW, Takaro T, Song L, Weaver M. The Seattle-King County Healthy Homes Project: a randomized, controlled trial of a community health worker intervention to decrease exposure to indoor asthma triggers. American Journal of Public Health 2005;95(4):652-9.

Levy JI, Brugge D, Peters JL, Clougherty JE, Saddler SS. A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing. Social science & medicine 2006; 63(8):2191-203.

Morgan WJ, Crain EF, Gruchalla RS, O'Connor GT, Kattan M, Evans III R, et al. Results of a home-based environmental intervention among urban children with asthma [see comment]. New England Journal of Medicine 2004;351(11):1068-80.

Nicholas S, Hutchinson VE, Ortiz B, Klihr-Beall S, Jean-Louis B. Reducing childhood asthma through community-based service delivery--New York City, 2001-2004. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2005;54(1):11-4.

Nishioka K, Saito A, Akiyama K, Yasueda H. Effect of home environment control on children with atopic or non-atopic asthma. Allergology International 2006;55(2):141-8.

Oatman L. Reducing environmental triggers of asthma in homes of Minnesota children (Evaluation report: not published). Minnesota Department of Health;St. Paul (MN):2007.

Parker EA, Israel BA, Robins TG, Mentz G, Xihong L, Brakefield-Caldwell W, et al. Evaluation of community action against asthma: a community health worker intervention to improve children's asthma-related health by reducing household environmental triggers for asthma. Health Education & Behavior 2008; 35(3):376-395.

Primomo J, Johnston S, DiBiase F, Nodolf J, Noren L. Evaluation of a community-based outreach worker program for children with asthma [References]. Public Health Nursing 2006;23(3):234-41.

Shelledy DC, McCormick SR, LeGrand TS, Cardenas J, Peters JI. The effect of a pediatric asthma management program provided by respiratory therapists on patient outcomes and cost. Heart & Lung 2005;34(6):423-8.

Smith JR, Mildenhall S, Noble MJ, Shepstone L, Koutantji M, Mugford M, et al. The Coping with Asthma Study: a randomized controlled trial of a home based, nurse led psychoeducational intervention for adults at risk of adverse asthma outcomes. Thorax 2005;60(12):1003-11.

Somerville M, Mackenzie I, Owen P, Miles D. Housing and health: does installing heating in their homes improve the health of children with asthma? Public Health 2000;114(6):434-9.

Stout JW, White LC, Rogers LT, McRorie T, Morray B. The Asthma Outreach Project: a promising approach to comprehensive asthma management. The Journal of Asthma 1998;35(1):119-27.

Thyne SM, Rising JP, Legion V, Love MB. The 'Yes We Can' Urban Asthma Partnership: a medical/social model for childhood asthma management. Journal of Asthma 2006;43(9):667-73.