Trial reportThe Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma2010
Clearing clinical barriers: enhancing social support using a patient navigator for asthma care.
Trial report in The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01128348 (A Patient Advocate and Literacy-Based Treatment of Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Patient Advocate and Literacy-Based Treatment of Asthma
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Indigenous healthcare worker involvement for Indigenous adults and children with asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Baseline characteristics of participants in the NAVKIDSPediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Trial
- Home visits for uncontrolled asthma among low-income adults with patient portal access.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2019Trial
- A hybrid type I randomized effectiveness-implementation trial of patient navigation to improve access to services for children with autism spectrum disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2018Trial
- A patient advocate to facilitate access and improve communication, care, and outcomes in adults with moderate or severe asthma: Rationale, design, and methods of a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of patient advocates for improving asthma outcomes in adults.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2013Trial
- Patient Advocates for Low-Income Adults with Moderate to Severe Asthma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practiceTrial
- Exploring Patient Engagement: A Qualitative Analysis of Low-Income Urban Participants in Asthma Research.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practiceTrial
- TracMyAir: Smartphone-enabled spatiotemporal estimates for inhaled doses of particulate matter and ozone to personalize health outcomes.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Transition experiences of adolescents and young adults working with a patient navigator.Health care transitions · 2025Article
- Clinic navigation and home visits to improve asthma care in low income adults with poorly controlled asthma: Before and during the pandemic.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- The early dissemination of patient navigation interventions: results of a respondent-driven sample survey.Translational behavioral medicine · 2018Article
- A health care navigation tool assesses asthma self-management and health literacy.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2016Article
- Peer navigators and integrated care to address ethnic health disparities of people with serious mental illness.Social work in public health · 2014Article
- An analysis of contextual information relevant to medical care unexpectedly volunteered to researchers by asthma patients.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2012Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with moderate or severe asthma, particularly those who are minority or poor, often encounter significant personal, clinical practice, and health system barriers to accessing care.
objectiveTo explore the ideas of patients and providers for potentially feasible, individualized, cost-effective ways to reduce obstacles to care by providing social support using a patient advocate or navigator.
methodsThe authors conducted four focus groups of adults with moderate or severe asthma. Participants were recruited from clinics serving low-income and minority urban neighborhoods. Data from these patient focus groups were shared with two additional focus groups, one of nurses and one of physicians. Researchers independently coded and agreed upon themes from all focus groups, which were categorized by types of social support: instrumental (physical aid), informational (educational), emotional (empathizing), validation (comparisons to others).
resultsPatients and providers agreed that a patient navigator could help patients manage asthma by giving social support. Both groups found instrumental and informational support most important. However, patients desired more instrumental help whereas providers focused on informational support. Physicians stressed review of medical information whereas patients wanted information to complete administrative tasks. Providers and patients agreed that the patient navigator's role in asthma would need to address both short-term care of exacerbations and enhance long-term chronic self-management by working with practice personnel.
conclusionsAlong with medical information, there is a need for providers to connect patients to instrumental support relevant to acute and long-term asthma-self-management.
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