Telephone Coaches Improve Children's Asthma Treatment

Date: November 14, 2014

Source: Washington University in St. Louis

Summary:

Peer trainers who coach parents over the phone on managing their children’s asthma can sharply reduce the number of days the kids experience symptoms, a new study shows. The program also dramatically decreased ER visits and hospitalizations among low-income children with Medicaid insurance.

A novel program at Washington University School of Medicine suggests that peer trainers who coach parents over the phone on managing their children’s asthma can sharply reduce the number of days the kids experience symptoms. The program also dramatically decreased ER visits and hospitalizations among low-income children with Medicaid insurance.

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