The Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) pilot study.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a novel intervention of health literacy-informed, telemedicine-enhanced asthma education and home management support for hospitalized children and caregivers, and assess caregiver perspectives of the intervention.

Methods: We conducted a pilot randomized trial of the Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) intervention vs. standardized care (SC) for children (5-13 yrs) hospitalized with asthma.

The role of positive affect in asthma control and symptom severity in adolescents.

Introduction: We test the effects of positive affect and its arousal subscale components of calm, wellbeing, and vigor on asthma control and symptom severity in adolescents with moderate to severe asthma. Additionally, we test whether positive affect (and its arousal components) moderate how stress impacts asthma control and symptom severity.

Methods: Adolescents with asthma (N = 66, ages 12-17) completed brief surveys 4 times a day for 7 days reporting on their positive affect, stress, and asthma symptom severity and conducted a morning peak expiratory flow assessment each day.

Medication fill duration in pediatric hypertension: adherence, blood pressure control, and disparities.

Background: Medication nonadherence is a barrier to hypertension control. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends prescribing 90-day fills for maintenance medications yet antihypertensives are often dispensed as 30-day fills. Our objectives were to examine how often patients receive 30-day supplies of medication despite prescriptions for longer duration and to examine the effect of medication fill duration on adherence and hypertension control.