A home visit program for low-income African American children with asthma: Caregivers' perception of asthma triggers and a gap in action.

Purpose: The goals are to gauge caregivers' knowledge of at-home asthma triggers and identify the areas on which educational campaigns can focus to alleviate a child's asthma symptoms.

Design And Methods: Families with children with moderate to severe asthmatic symptoms who had been recently hospitalized or in the emergency room were invited to participate in a home visit program. As part of the home visit, caregivers of the asthmatic children were asked a series of questions on asthma triggers and the measures for eliminating the triggers (N = 218).