US EditionFor urban children with asthma, where they live is strongest predictor of exacerbations, finds research
- A new study led by a Dell Medical School researcher found that children who moved into neighborhoods with lower levels of poverty and better access to public resources saw their asthma symptoms improve significantly.
- Black and Hispanic children are more likely to have severe asthma episodes, die from asthma, and have asthma-related emergency room visits than white children due to where they live, according to the study.
- The study underscores the need for more research into the role of housing in asthma disparities and suggests that moving children to areas with lower poverty rates could reduce asthma-related emergency department visits.
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Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
By KAT STAFFORD (Associated Press) HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’ his mother, Catherine, recalled tearfully. “I picked him up and told him it was OK and to just breathe. Just breathe.” It was the first time Carter had an asthma attack in public, and the inhaler he sor…
Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm, 5-year-old Carter Manson clutched his small chest. “He just kept saying ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,’’’ his mother, Catherine, recalled tearfully. “I picked him up and told him it was OK and to just breathe. Just breathe.” It was the first time Carter had an asthma attack in public, and the inhaler he sorely needed was in the family car.…
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