Childhood Asthma

Journal Article

Reducing Quality-of-Care Disparities in Childhood Asthma: La Red De Asma Infantil Intervention in San Juan, Puerto Rico — Mar 1, 2013

The objective of this study was to describe our experience in reducing quality-of-care disparities among Puerto Rican children with asthma by adapting 2 existing evidence-based asthma interventions.

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

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

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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

Low-income and minority adolescents are at high risk for poor asthma outcomes, due in part to adherence.

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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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Journal Article

Heterogeneity of Childhood Asthma Among Hispanic Children: Puerto Rican Children Bear a Disproportionate Burden — Jan 1, 2006

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

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Journal Article

Improved Asthma Care After Enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program in New York — Jan 1, 2006

Enrollment in New York's SCHIP was associated with improvements in access to asthma care, quality of asthma care, and asthma-specific outcomes.

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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Asthma Diagnosis Among Children Who Wheeze — Jan 1, 2005

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in reported childhood asthma prevalence, but it is unclear if disparities stem from true prevalence differences.

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Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action — May 1, 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 — Jan 1, 2002

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 — Jan 1, 2000

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 — Jan 1, 1999

This article describes physician perspectives on barriers to quality primary care experienced by inner-city children with asthma.

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Differences Between Child and Parent Reports of Symptoms Among Latino Children with Asthma — Jan 1, 1998

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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