Inner-city asthma: Control can be achieved!

The article by Scott et al entitled ‘‘Achieving and maintaining asthma control in inner-city children’’ in this month’s issue of the Journal demonstrates that, through the use of mobile schoolbased clinics, guidelines-based asthma care can and is being delivered regularly and effectively to children known to have the highest degree of asthma-associated morbidity: those who reside in our inner cities. This finding is a very encouraging one because regular receipt of quality asthma care, which is often difficult in these populations, is known to be critically necessary in achieving long-term asthma control.