Telemedicine Education for Rural Children With Asthma

The investigators will conduct a prospective study to examine the impact of an interactive,
telemedicine asthma intervention among children living in the rural Delta region of Arkansas.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Study participants will be English-speaking children ages 7-17 years with
physician-diagnosed asthma and/or active symptoms in the previous 12 months.

- Active symptoms include one or more of the following:

- experience daytime wheezing, shortness of breath, and/or coughing two or more
times a week for the last 4 weeks;

- nighttime wheezing, shortness of breath and/or cough more than once a week;

- take asthma medication more than two days a week;

- have been treated in a hospital or emergency department two or more times in the
last two years for asthma symptoms;

- have been treated in a hospital or emergency department two or more times in the
last two years for asthma symptoms have episodes of asthma-like symptoms when
playing/exercising.

- Potentially eligible participants will be screened using an asthma screener to confirm
eligibility.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children with significant underlying respiratory disease other than asthma (such as
cystic fibrosis) or significant co-morbid conditions (such as severe developmental
delay or cerebral palsy) will be excluded from the study.

- The primary caregiver and child will be asked questions via telephone interview about
how asthma affects the child every day. Children with no telephone number or contact
telephone number will be excluded.