Telephone Coaches Improve Children's Asthma Treatment

Saturday, November 15, 2014 - 04:50 in Health & Medicine

Peer trainers who coach parents over the phone on managing their children’s asthma can sharply reduce the number of days the kids experience symptoms, a new study shows. The program also dramatically decreased ER visits and hospitalizations among low-income children with Medicaid insurance.

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