Sonia Radu, Sheerin Zarinafsar, Grace W Ryan, Sanjay Chainani, Sarah Becker, Juliana Arenas, Michelle A Spano, Holly N Shillan, Shushmita Hoque, Rajani Sadasivam, Lori Pbert, Janki Luther, Michelle K Trivedi
Background: Poor adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) is a significant challenge in pediatric asthma, contributing to health inequities. Text-message reminders for ICS therapy are an evidence-based approach that improves pediatric asthma medication adherence, yet has not been widely adopted into practice, partly due to lack of (1) participant input on design and implementation and (2) use of sustainable community linkages. Remote Asthma Link™ (RAL) seeks to fill this gap as a school-linked text-message intervention wherein parents of children with poorly controlled asthma received daily, 2-way text-message reminders for preventive inhaler use...
February 7, 2024: Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology