Youngstown Among Worst Cities for Asthma

Youngstown Vindicator

2/27/07

Simple Asthma Control Tests for children 12 and older and for children ages 4 to 11 years of age are crucial keys to successfully treating the disease, said Dr. Jonathan P. Parsons, Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University. The ultimate goal is to get children's ACTs done in school and then get the results to parents and pediatricians so they can better treat and care for the asthmatic child, said Dr. Parsons, staff pulmonologist at the OSU Asthma Center. The Asthma Control Tests helps assess symptoms and encourage patient-physician and patient-parent communication, said Dr. Parsons, also co-investigator for the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Network. Dr. Parsons spoke Monday at a Youngstown City Council Education Committee meeting at Chaney High School on asthma among schoolchildren.