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Metro Health says SA Kids Breathe program improves pediatric asthma control; reports budget and outcomes
Summary
Metro Health presented SA Kids Breathe, a home-based asthma program with an $827,702 annual budget and eight staff; the program served 181 children in FY25 and 116 so far in FY26 and reported a rise in average ACT scores from 16.6 at enrollment to 22.8 at 12 months.
Metro Health on April 23 briefed the Community Health Committee on SA Kids Breathe, a home-based intervention for children with asthma that aims to reduce hospitalizations and school absenteeism and improve symptom control.
"Our program has a staffing complement of 8 and an annual budget of $827,702," Marjorie White, assistant director for the Community Health and Safety Division, told the committee. White described the program’s five goals: keep kids out of the hospital, keep kids in school and active, keep parents at work, save families and health-care systems money, and reduce tobacco use and exposure.
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