SMART (Student media-based asthma research team): Engaging adolescents to understand asthma in their communities

Marjorie Yarbrough; Jesse Blumenstock; Christopher Warren; Ashley Dyer; Jaidah Wilson; Bridget Smith; Ruchi Gupta

doi:10.1353/cpr.2016.0060

SMART (Student media-based asthma research team): Engaging adolescents to understand asthma in their communities

Marjorie Yarbrough, Jesse Blumenstock, Christopher Warren, Ashley Dyer, Jaidah Wilson, Bridget Smith, Ruchi Gupta

Pediatrics

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Abstract

Background: Asthma rates in Chicago exceed national averages and disproportionately affect minority adolescents. We collaborated with students in a neighborhood with high asthma prevalence to better understand community factors impacting asthma. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of our Student Mediabased Asthma Research Team (SMART) program on student, parent, and student-peer outcomes related to asthma. Methods: Students with asthma (n = 11), their parents (n = 9), and student-peers (n = 91) participated in a schoolbased asthma intervention grounded in community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles and completed multiple pre-/post-intervention questionnaires. Results: After the program, participants significantly increased (p < 0.05) asthma-related quality of life (QOL), asthma control, emotional support, and empowerment. Parents significantly increased their QOL and student-peers showed significant improvements in asthma knowledge. Conclusions: This novel intervention—which used participatory media as a vehicle through which children learn about their own asthma and share their findings with parents and peers—was successful in engaging adolescents to improve asthma management and community support.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	523-532
Number of pages	10
Journal	Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2016.0060
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

Funding

The authors thank the American Lung Association (ALA) for their support of the study. The SMART project was supported by an ALA Social Behavioral Research Grant Program (R03). We also thank all the students and families that participated and partnered with our team on the SMART study and the staff and administrators at the school who made the project possible. The SMART study was conducted with the support of SMART session volunteers and would not have been possible without the help of Jasmine James, Zoe Lukens, Brittney Mason-Hirner, Allison Ducharme-Smith, Victoria Rivkina, and Erinma Ukoha. Finally, we thank the session guest presenters for coming to the school and sharing their expertise, including, Dr. Lisa Sharp, Dr. Valerie Press, Edward Kim, and Althera Steens.

Keywords

Community-based participatory research
Health promotion
Lung diseases
Parents

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Health(social science)
Education
Sociology and Political Science

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In: Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Vol. 10, No. 4, 01.12.2016, p. 523-532.

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