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

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• Personal Author:
  Clark ML ; Hendrickson E ; Peel JL ; Reynolds SJ
• Description:
  Asthma is a substantial public 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Asthma Asthma, Occupational Emigration And Immigration Environmental Exposure Epidemiology Family Farmers Livestock Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Environmental Exposure Families Farm Workers Migrant Workers Questionnaires Racial Factors Risk Assessment Seasonal Workers Sociological Factors
• ISSN:
  0022-0892
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8-17
• Volume:
  76
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052125
• Citation:
  J Environ Health 2014 Jan/Feb; 76(6):8-17
• Contact Point Address:
  Maggie L. Clark, 1681 Campus Delivery, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1681
• Email:
  maggie.clark@colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado State University - Ft. Collins
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20030915
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Environmental Health
• End Date:
  20270914
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211715/cdc_211715_DS1.pdf
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