NCT07819747 · Washington University School of Medicine
Resources and Education for Addressing Chronic Health (REACH)
(REACH)
What this study is about
This study pilots REACH, Resources and Education for Addressing Chronic Health, a service model to facilitate care coordination and communication across medical, school, and home settings. REACH seeks to address barriers to school-based asthma management, improving health and educational outcomes and reducing negative impacts for children with asthma.
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This study pilots REACH, Resources and Education for Addressing Chronic Health, a service model to facilitate care coordination and communication across medical, school, and home settings. REACH seeks to address barriers to school-based asthma management, improving health and educational outcomes and reducing negative impacts for children with asthma.
Interventions
OTHER
REACH
The REACH intervention which includes (a) a strategic communication or messaging and dissemination strategy to build school and family relationships and trust, (b) capacity building activities to improve asthma knowledge and awareness through asthma education and resource provided both digitally and in-person, and (c) a tool or dashboard that allows records and communication sharing across healthcare and educational systems to facilitate care coordination (REACH tool).
Primary outcome measures
Asthma knowledge and awareness
Time frame: Measured at baseline and at study completion (average of 1 year)
Measured via survey. Data collected from student caregivers and school nurse implementers.
Implementation
Time frame: Measured at trial mid-point (approximately 6 months following enrollment) for school nurses only, and at study completion (average of 1 year) for all noted groups
Measured via surveys and post-trial semi-structured focus group/interview. Data collected from student caregivers, school nurse implementers, and providers.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- for recruited parents/children:
- parents/caregivers with at least one child with asthma or present to the nurse with asthma symptoms in the partner school district,
- child with asthma must have a diagnosis of asthma or suspected asthma due to asthma symptom-related healthcare utilization and/or multiple visits to the school nurse (\>1)
- attend a school in one of the partner school districts
- have access to email and a computer or other mobile device
- receive care within the BJH/ WUSM system (an indicator of participation in the electronic health record system).
Exclusion criteria
- for recruited families:
- Child does not have asthma and do not present to school nurse with asthma symptoms
- Child does not attend one of the identified schools in a partner school district
- Children in foster care or wards of the state School Nurses (Implementers) (N=15) Inclusion Criteria for school nurses:
- Employed by partner school district and work in an identified building
- Provide care to students with asthma or present with asthma symptoms Exclusion Criteria for school nurses: \- Do not work for partner school district or for an identified building Providers (N =15) Inclusion Criteria for Providers: \- Provide care to a child participant on the study Exclusion Criteria for Providers: \- Do not provide care to a child participant on the study
Where
- St Louis, Missouri
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced Sep 21, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations