Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Using the Telephone to Improve Care in Childhood Asthma
Brief Summary: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and a major cause of morbidity in the United States. If asthma symptoms are controlled, a child with asthma can stay well and lead a normal life. Daily use of inhaled steroids controls symptoms and reduces morbidity and emergent health care utilization in children with persistent asthma, and is safe for long-term use. However, inhaled steroids are underused in community asthma care.

The Telephone Asthma Program (TAP) is a series of brief, telephone calls with a trained coach to help the parent manage the child's asthma care. The coach will teach self-management skills, help the parent to use the child's asthma medicines effectively, provide support and remind the parent to go for follow-up care with the pediatrician. We hypothesized that the Telephone Asthma Program will reduce the incidence of acute exacerbations of asthma that require emergent care, improve the quality of life of children with asthma and their parents, and increase the daily use of inhaled steroids in children with persistent asthma. We evaluated the Telephone Asthma Program in a randomized controlled trial involving 362 children aged 5 to 12 years old cared for by community pediatricians. Eligible children were randomized to the TAP program or usual care by their pediatrician.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* parents 18 years and older who have a child newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) from 5 years old to under 13 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* exclude children with developmental delays (such as Down Syndrome, Autism) or steroid induced diabetes (cancer treatment related or cystic fibrosis)
* exclude parents who require insulin treatment -or- those that have another child with TIDM
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Physician diagnosis of asthma for at least a year
* At least one acute exacerbation of asthma in past 12 months that required a visit to the emergency department, hospitalization or an unscheduled office visit for acute care and/or a course of oral steroids.
* Taking daily controller medications or symptoms consistent with persistent asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

* No phone
* Unable to speak English
* Child has another disease that requires regular monitoring by pediatrician
* A sibling is already enrolled in the study
* Child's primary asthma provider is an asthma specialist
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Inclusion criteria required that the child have at least one claim with a diagnostic code for asthma or reactive airway disease (International Classification of Diseases (ICD 9) diagnostic code 493.xx) and in the last year period had either1) been hospitalized for asthma
* had at least 2 Emergency Department (ED) visits
* 3-5 ambulatory visits due to asthma
* utilized asthma medications from 2 of the following therapeutic categories: Anticholinergics, cromolyn, sympathomimetics, steroid inhalants, methylxanthines, leukotriene inhibitors, or corticosteroids.

Exclusion Criteria:

* currently participating in another asthma study
* no appropriate address for follow-up in the claims data.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* between 11 and 18 years of age
* moderate to severe traumatic brain injury
* overnight hospital stay
* injury occurred within the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* younger than 11 and older than 18 years of age
* injury occurred more than 12 months ago
* teen does not live with parents or guardian
* English not spoken in the home
* injury is a result of child abuse as documented by medical record
* child or parent has history of hospitalization for a psychiatric problem
* documentation that the injury is a result of child abuse
* child suffered a non-blunt injury (e.g. projectile wounds, stroke, drowning, or other form of asphyxiation)
* child ever diagnosed with moderate or severe mental retardation, Autism, or a significant developmental disability (child must be able to talk)
* plans for the child to leave home during the coming 12 months.

Answer: B