Abstract
The factors that precipitate asthma, such as urban poverty, poor housing, high rates of tobacco smoking, greater exposure to potential interior and exterior environmental precipitants, and poor at-home management of asthma, exist in abundance in Chicago. Typically, the traditional asthma patient education program is provided by trained health-care professionals (ie, physicians and nurses) within a particular health-care delivery system. Yet many institutions and organizations addressing the problem of asthma among children have little success in reaching those in greatest need—namely the inner-city populations.
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