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asthma common chronic childhood disease black children experiencing worse morbidity mortality important evaluate effectiveness efficacious interventions community settings greatest likelihood serving atrisk families evaluate effectiveness multilevel home school head startbased asthma educational program compared head startbased asthma educational program alone improving asthma outcomes children randomized clinical trial included 398 children asthma enrolled head start preschool programs baltimore maryland primary caregivers participants recruited april 1 2011 november 31 2016 final data collection ending december 31 2017 data analyzed march 18 august 30 2018 asthma basic care abc family education combined head start asthma education compared head start asthma education alone asthma control measured test respiratory asthma control kids track score among 398 children included analysis 247 boys 621 mean sd age 42 07 years abc plus head start program improved asthma control 626 95 ci 177 1075 p 001 reduced courses oral corticosteroids 061 95 ci 113 009 p 02 reduced hospitalizations odds ratio 036 95 ci 021061 p 001 12month period randomized clinical trial combined family preschool asthma educational interventions improved asthma control reduced courses oral corticosteroids hospitalizations multilevel interventions implemented community settings serve lowincome minority families may key reducing disparities asthma outcomes clinicaltrialsgov identifier nct01519453