Childhood Asthma

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Association of Health Insurance and Disease Impairment with Reported Asthma Prevalence in U.S. Children — Feb 1, 2012

This article tests the hypotheses that reported asthma prevalence is higher among insured than uninsured children and that insurance-based differences in asthma diagnosis, treatment, and health care utilization are associated with disease severity.

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Community-based Care Coordination: Practical Applications for Childhood Asthma — Nov 1, 2011

Using a community-based care coordination logic model, this article describes childhood asthma programs at multiple sites, along with program operational statistics.

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Balancing "fidelity" and Community Context in the Adaptation of Asthma Evidence-Based Interventions in the "real World" — Nov 1, 2011

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The In Vivo Adherence Intervention for at Risk Adolescents with Asthma: Report of a Randomized Pilot Trial — Jan 1, 2011

The authors tested acceptability, feasibility, and effect sizes of an adherence intervention for low socioeconomic status (SES) minority youth with moderate- and severe-persistent asthma.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

Out of the Ivory Tower, Into the Real World: Examples of Street-Smart Community Health Research — Nov 20, 2008

Discusses the potential of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to reduce the burden of chronic health problems on poor and minority neighborhoods and describes three successful CBPR programs.

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Improved Asthma Care After Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program in New York — Dec 31, 2005

Enrollment in New York's SCHIP was associated with improvements in access to asthma care, quality of asthma care, and asthma-specific outcomes. These findings suggest that health insurance improves the health of children with asthma.

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Heterogeneity of Childhood Asthma Among Hispanic Children: Puerto Rican Children Bear a Disproportionate Burden — Dec 31, 2005

To estimate differences in asthma prevalence among Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanic children living in the United States

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Asthma Diagnosis Among Children Who Wheeze — Dec 31, 2004

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in reported childhood asthma prevalence, but it is unclear if disparities stem from true prevalence differences or a different likelihood of receiving a diagnosis from a health professional.

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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action — Apr 30, 2002

Asthma is increasingly being recognized as an important public health concern for children in the United States. Effective management of childhood asthma may require not only improving guideline-based therapeutic interventions, but also addressing social and physical environmental risk factors. The objective of this project was to create a blueprint for improvement of national policy in this area.

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How to Improve Childhood Asthma Outcomes: A Blueprint for Policy Action — Dec 31, 2001

This research brief describes work documented in MR-1330-RWJ and MR-1330/1-RWJ.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

An English and Spanish Pediatric Asthma Symptom Scale — Dec 31, 1999

Pediatric asthma survey measures have not been adequately tested in non-English-speaking populations.

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Physician Perceptions of Barriers to Care for Inner-City Latino Children with Asthma — Dec 31, 1998

This article describes physician perspectives on barriers to quality primary care experienced by inner-city children with asthma and presents policy recommendations to reduce these barriers.

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Differences Between Child and Parent Reports of Symptoms Among Latino Children with Asthma — Dec 31, 1997

The objectives of this study were to determine, in a population of predominantly Latino children with asthma 6 to 18 years old

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PEOPLE

Marielena Lara

Natural Scientist
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles; M.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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PEOPLE

Jennifer Newbould

Senior Analyst
Ph.D., University of London; B.Sc., University of Guildford

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