Health Interventions

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At the Interface of the Healthcare System and the Community: Insights from an Academic-Community Partnership in Camden, New Jersey

Asthma is a common and expensive childhood condition eroding the quality of life of children and families across the country. We sought to identify patient-centered interventions to reduce avoidable asthma-related acute care use and improve childhood asthma outcomes, and found that the solutions lie at the interface of the healthcare system and the community.