Navigating Together for Equitable Asthma Management for Children in Families Who Communicate in Languages Other Than English (Nav-TEAM)
University of Colorado, Denver
Summary
The Nav-Team study reviews how well the asthma navigators/coordinator program can improve the lives of asthmatic children, and their caregivers, by providing additional assistance and education. Aim 1 of the study will partner with immigrant serving community organizations to hold meetings that will help tailor the programs. Aim 2 of the study looks at data to help see if the program is working to help children and their caregivers. Aim 2a looks at difference in emergency department use between families that did not use the Nav-Team program and those that did. Aim 2b reviews how well the Nav-Team program did with reaching and connecting with the asthma child and caregiver community. Aim 2b, also reviews the costs of the program, how well the program did will sticking to the program goals, and how well the staff was able to keep up with providing education and help.
Description
Children in families with healthcare communication in a language other than English are at increased risk of poor asthma care and worse asthma outcomes compared to those without a language barrier. As the most common chronic childhood disease, asthma causes substantial family- and patient-level burden as well as economic impact. Caregivers of children with asthma whose healthcare communication is in languages other than English (LOE) are more likely to report poor asthma care experiences, less use of recommended asthma management practices, and higher hospitalization rates compared to children…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 4–89 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
eria for Nav-TEAM Intervention Dyads include: * Child aged 4-12 years. * Child with persistent asthma (defined by currently prescribed controller medication). * Parent/legal guardian who is at least 18 years old. Exclusion criteria for Nav-TEAM Intervention Dyads include: * Child aged under 4 and over 12 years of age. * Child with no persistent asthma (defined by currently prescribed controller medication). * Parent/legal guardian who is under 18 years old. * Any parent/legal guardian whose preferred spoken language is English. * Child requires additional continuous respiratory support (e.g…
Interventions
- OtherExperimental: Nav-Team
Participants in this arm will receive additional assistance related to asthma, log encounters, complete surveys.
Location
- Children's Hospital ColoradoAurora, Colorado