Overview
- Researchers screened 650 children age 2 and older during well‑child visits from 2021 to 2024 using the Asthma Risk and Control Screen integrated on the TONIC platform in urban areas with high asthma prevalence.
- Among children without a prior diagnosis, 35% reported at least one asthma risk factor and 24% of those were later diagnosed, representing about 7.8% of all children screened.
- Overall, 17.7% of the screened population already had an asthma diagnosis before the program’s assessment.
- Poor housing conditions were reported for about 41% of the population, rising to roughly 52% among children who screened positive for asthma symptoms and to 38% among those with a prior diagnosis.
- The clinic has established a home‑visiting remediation program and a medical‑legal partnership to address environmental triggers, with findings reported as an abstract at AAP 2025 and pending peer‑reviewed publication.