Childhood Asthma Disparities in Chicago: Developing Approaches to Health Inequities

Fam Community Health. 2018 Jul/Sep;41(3):135-145. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000187.

Abstract

We conducted a needs assessment to develop an evidence-based, locally tailored asthma care implementation plan for high-risk children with asthma in Chicago. Our team of health policy experts, clinicians, researchers, and designers included extensive stakeholder engagement (N = 162) in a mixed-methods community needs assessment. Results showed the lines of communication and collaboration across sectors were weak; caregivers were the only consistent force and could not always manage this burden. A series of recommendations for interventions and how to implement and measure them were generated. Cooperative, multidisciplinary efforts grounded in the community can target wicked problems such as asthma.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Asthma / diagnosis*
  • Asthma / pathology
  • Chicago
  • Child
  • Healthcare Disparities / standards*
  • Humans