Home Visits to Optimize Medical and Educational Success Among Sacramento Schoolchildren With Asthma

Project HOMES: Home Visits to Optimize Medical and Educational Success

This study will establish a multi-disciplinary home visitation team consisting of a medical provider and school teacher or staff member, and will evaluate whether a series of visits from this team will help decrease school absenteeism among children with asthma.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students in elementary school (K-6) in the Sacramento City Unified School District
• Identified as at risk for chronic absenteeism based on previous year and/or first 8 weeks of school year
• Have a current diagnosis of asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

• Underlying chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease with oxygen dependence, immunodeficiency syndromes