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Ten asthma outcomes and costs were monitored for 1 year. Outcomes were examined by using both intention-to-treat analyses and stratified analyses for high participants (attending \u226525% of community meetings and completing \u226550% of PM phone interactions).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>RESULTS: Patients were randomly assigned to PMs (n = 112) or the control group (n = 108). In intention-to-treat analyses, intervention but not control children experienced significantly reduced rapid-breathing episodes, asthma exacerbations, and emergency department (ED) visits. High participants (but not controls or low participants) experienced significantly reduced wheezing, asthma exacerbations, and ED visits and improved parental efficacy in knowing when breathing problems are controllable at home. Mean reductions in missed parental work days were greater for high participants than controls. The average monthly cost per patient for the PM program was $60.42, and net savings of $46.16 for high participants.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS: For asthmatic minority children, PMs can reduce wheezing, asthma exacerbations, ED visits, and missed parental work days while improving parental self-efficacy. These outcomes are achieved at a reasonable cost and with net cost savings for high participants. PMs may be a promising, cost-effective means for reducing childhood asthma disparities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2009-0230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,11,30]],"date-time":"2009-11-30T12:27:49Z","timestamp":1259584069000},"page":"1522-1532","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":88,"title":["Improving Asthma Outcomes in Minority Children: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Parent Mentors"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"124","author":[{"given":"Glenn","family":"Flores","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"},{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Christina","family":"Bridon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"},{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sylvia","family":"Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruth","family":"Perez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Urban Population Health, Aurora-Sinai Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tim","family":"Walter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shorewood, Wisconsin"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jane","family":"Brotanek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"},{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hua","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sandy","family":"Tomany-Korman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Signature Science, LLC, Austin, Texas"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2009,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021120905210779000_R1","unstructured":"Moorman JE, Rudd RA, Johnson CA, et al. 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