Unraveling the ecology of risks for early childhood asthma among ethnically diverse families in the southwest

M.D. Klinnert, M.R. Price, A.H. Liu and J.L. Robinson

American Journal of Public Health, 2002, vol. 92, issue 5, 792-798

Abstract: Objectives. We describe the prevalence of asthma risk factors within racial/ethnic and language groups of infants participating in an intervention study for reducing chronic asthma. Methods. Low-income children aged 9 to 24 months with 3 or more episodes of wheezing illness were enrolled. Baseline information included family and medical histories, allergic status, environmental exposures, emotional environment, and caregiver psychosocial resources. Results. Racial/ethnic and language groups - European Americans, African Americans, high-acculturated Hispanics, and low-acculturated Hispanics - Showed different patterns of risk factors for childhood asthma, with low-acculturated Hispanics showing the most distinctive pattern. Conclusions. Patterns of covariation of biological and psychosocial risk factors for childhood asthma were associated with racial/ethnic and language status among urban, low-income children.

Date: 2002
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