Asthma Prevalence and Risk Factor Assessment of an Underserved and Primarily Latino Child Population in Colorado

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• Alternative Title:
  J Environ Health
• Personal Author:
  Clark, Maggie L. ; Reynolds, Stephen J. ; Hendrikson, Edward ; Peel, Jennifer L.
• Description:
  Asthma is a substantialpublic health burden among children. Disease and risk-factor discrepancies have been identified among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. At a rural health clinic (Salud Family Health Center) with primarily underserved and Latino patients in Colorado, the authors evaluated 250 medical records and administered 57 parental surveys to describe this population with respect to asthma diagnosis, asthma-like symptoms, and environmental/occupational risk factors among children. Wheeze and asthma were indicated in 9.7% and 8.9% of medical records, respectively. Twenty parents (35.7%) reported in a questionnaire that their child had experienced wheezing or whistling in the chest. Parents reported that children play in farming fields (21.8%) and feed livestock/animals (10.9%). Additionally, 13.2% and 9.4% of children have a household member who works around livestock or around grain, feed, or dust, respectively. Information from the Salud population can be used to develop larger-scale research and public health initiatives to eliminate health and risk factor disparities among underserved children.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Article Asthma Child Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Colorado Family Characteristics Female Hispanic Or Latino Humans Male Parents Prevalence Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Surveys And Questionnaires Vulnerable Populations

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• Source:
  J Environ Health. 76(6):8-16
• Pubmed ID:
  24645408
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8887119
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U50 OH008085/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH008085/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  76
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7f56bd2a83772c5e3ba519bb3905373b230fd2dba6ee9fcfc0444d1de47928a8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/114982/cdc_114982_DS1.pdf
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