This funding is for the final year of a three-year pilot program for community health workers to improve outcomes for children with asthma in the Greater Hartford area. The community health workers provide interventions to decrease emergency department visits and school absenteeism due to asthma. The workers visit the homes of families to identify asthma triggers in the home and provide education on treatment. These interventions are part of a model that has been shown to have a positive return-on-investment.
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