Impact/Purpose:

This project will provide information on asthma interventions, for both clinical and environmental interventions to families in the Bronx area.

Description:

Montefiore Medical Center is conducting an asthma intervention study using, in part, their Lead Safe House on the Montefiore campus, a low-allergen controlled setting. There are three groups of participants, all severe asthmatics. The first group is being moved temporarily into the Safe House, while their homes are mitigated and cleaned to reduce allergens related to asthma. This group also receives family counseling. The second group remains in their own homes but receives the same professional cleaning services. The third group receives the current standard of care, that is, drug treatment. Symptoms and allergen levels in dust will be analyzed at specific time periods throughout the intervention. This project is in its second year now and thus far results look very optimistic for environmental interventions positively affecting asthma symptoms.

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