TABLE 1.

Subject demographics for subjects and their parents in the intervention and control groups

	Intervention group (n = 18)		Control Group (n = 10)
	n	%	n	%	P values
Recruitment site					0.11
Columbia	7	38.9	7	70.0
Montefiore	11	61.1	3	30.0
Completion of surveys in Spanish
Youth	2	11.1	5	50.0	0.19
Parent	6	33.3	6	60.0	1.0
Youth demographics
Age (mean years ± SD)	14.5 ± 2.7		13.9 ± 3.0		0.41
Gender (female)	8	44.4	4	40.0	1.0
Race					0.64
Black	10	55.6	4	40
Other	7	38.9	6	60
Latino	8	44.4	6	60	0.43
Born in the United States	14	77.8	8	80.0	1.0
Current grade level					0.89
Grade 4–6	4	22.2	3	30.0
Grade 7–8	4	22.2	2	20.0
Grade 9–11	10	55.6	4	40.0
Living with a parent	17	94.4	9	90.0	1.0
Mother is the primary caretaker	16	88.9	9	90.0	1.0
Others living in the home have SCD	3	16.7	3	30.0	0.37
Parent demographics
Latino	8	44.4	6	60.0	0.43
Born in the United States	3	16.7	2	20.0	1.0
Marital status					0.02
Married/living with spouse	9	50.0	1	10.0
Married but living separately	3	16.7	2	20.0
Single	6	33.3	7	70.0
Education level					0.31
High school or less	11	61.1	5	50.0
Some college or graduate	7	38.9	1	50.0
Employment					0.44
Full time (≥35 hr)	10	55.6	3	30.0
Part time	4	22.2	2	20.0
Unemployed or in school	4	22.2	4	40.0
Clinicala
One-year prestudy (self-report)
Number with hospitalizations	11	61.1	5	50.0	0.70
Number with ED visits	11	61.1	6	60.0	1.0
Hospitalizations (mean ± SD)	3.7	4.2	2.0	1.5	0.78
ED visits (mean ± SD)	4.4	5.0	2.2	1.6	0.40

^aFischer’s exact test; ED, emergency department. Bold P value means statistical significance.