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

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

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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.

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  • Klinnert, M.D. & Price, M.R. & Liu, A.H. & Robinson, J.L., 2002. "Unraveling the ecology of risks for early childhood asthma among ethnically diverse families in the southwest," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 92(5), pages 792-798.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2002:92:5:792-798_7
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    1. Bridget K. Gorman & Rathi Asaithambi, 2008. "Biology, Social Environment, and Health: How Family History and Social Conditions Affect Adult Asthma," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 89(3), pages 728-750, September.

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