# A Patient-Centered Asthma Management Communication Intervention for Rural Latino Children

> **NIH NIH K23** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · 2020 · $142,954

## Abstract

K23 Abstract
A Patient-Centered Asthma Management Communication Intervention
 for Rural Latino Children
DESCRIPTION: Rural Latino children with asthma suffer high rates of uncontrolled asthma
symptoms, emergency department visits, and repeat hospitalizations. This vulnerable
population must negotiate micro and macro level challenges that impact asthma management,
including language barriers, primary care access, parental time off from work, insurance
coverage, distance from specialty sites, and documentation status. There are few proven
interventions that address asthma management embedded within this unique context. Using a
bio-ecological approach, we will determine the feasibility of a patient-centered collaborative
program between rural Latino children with asthma and their families, school based nursing, and
primary care providers, facilitated by the use of a smart phone based mobile application (mobile
app) with a Spanish-language interface. We hypothesize that improving communication through
a collaborative, patient-centered intervention will improve asthma management, empower the
patient and family, decrease outcome disparities, and decrease direct and indirect costs. The
specific aims of this study include: 1) Produce and validate a Spanish translation of an existing
asthma management app and evaluate its usability with Latino parents of children with asthma;
2) Develop and evaluate a triadic, patient-centered asthma intervention preliminary protocol,
facilitated by the bilingual mobile app validated in aim 1; and 3) Investigate the feasibility of the
patient-centered asthma intervention from aim 2 using a wait list randomized control trial (RCT)
to investigate the effects of the intervention on school days missed and medication adherence.
The results of this study will be used to support a full scale randomized control trial R01 grant
application in Year 4 of this award. The career development award will provide Dr. Estrada the
mentoring and training needed to develop knowledge and skills in rural asthma disparities
research, intervention development and program evaluation, and integration of technology-
based interventions. At the close of the award, she will be positioned to design, implement, and
evaluate research that will significantly impact rural asthma disparities.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9986872
- **Project number:** 5K23HL133596-04
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Robin Michelle Dawson
- **Activity code:** K23 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $142,954
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-15 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9986872

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9986872, A Patient-Centered Asthma Management Communication Intervention for Rural Latino Children (5K23HL133596-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9986872. Licensed CC0.

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