Studies & Reports
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Effects of Community Health Workers on Asthma Health Outcomes
In the July 2019 edition of BMC Public Health, researchers examine the effects of community health workers on health outcomes of children with asthma. In order to investigate the impacts, 290 participants were split into an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group received educational intervention led by community health workers. When the…
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Study Examines Public School Teacher Asthma Education
A 2019 study in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology examines the knowledge of public-school teachers as it relates to “asthma self-carry and self-administration laws and policies and trainings received related to general chronic health conditions including asthma.” Researchers collected data from 593 teachers. Teachers reported “little training received at either undergraduate or graduate levels.” Some…
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Researchers Study Connections Between Depression, Anxiety, and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits
In the October 2019 edition of Pediatrics, researchers examine the relation between anxiety and depression and asthma-related emergency department use. The study utilized the information of 65,342 “patients aged 6 to 21 years with asthma.” They found that 24.7% of the patients also “had a diagnosis of anxiety, depression, or both.” After controlling for age,…
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The Impacts of Interactions of Neighborhood Social Conditions and Family Relationships on Childhood Asthma
The August 2019 edition of Pediatrics contains an article examining how neighborhood social conditions and family relationships can affect childhood asthma. Youth diagnosed with asthma had the neighborhood conditions around their homes coded to see if they were dangerous and/or disorderly. They also interviewed the children to assess family relationship quality. Researchers found “significant interactions”…
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Feasibility of Incentives to Increase Adherence in High-Risk Children with Asthma
In the August 2019 edition of The Journal of Asthma, researchers sought to find if adherence incentives could be used for high-risk children to increase adherence to medication use. In a two-month study, researchers provided reminders, feedback, and cash incentives to the family and children to help with daily adherence in the first month. In…
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Researchers Investigate Impacts of Infant Gut Microbial Compounds on Allergy and Asthma Risk
Nature Microbiology released an article in its July 2019 edition that identifies a compound produced by gut bacteria that predisposes infants to allergies and asthma later in life. Researchers at UC San Francisco identified a lipid that reduced the number and activity of immune cells that suppress allergic inflammation. To test its effects, they injected…
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Union of Concerned Scientists Release “Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days”
The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a report detailing the effects of climate change titled “Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days.” The report is a national analysis that digs into the rapid, widespread increases in extreme heat that are projected to occur, as well as…
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Investigation of Ultrafine Particle Exposure Linkages to Childhood Asthma Incidence
A comment in the June 2019 edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine examines ultrafine particles, which are currently not addressed by air quality regulations. The researchers note these sized particles can have greater toxic effects than larger molecules due to a number of factors, including “chemical composition, deeper lung penetration,…
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Implications of Proposed Changes to Public Charge Immigration Rules on Children
In JAMA Pediatrics’ July 2019 edition, an article looks at the implications of the proposed rule changes to federal “Public Charge” guidelines utilized in the immigration process. “The proposed changes are expected to cause many immigrant parents to disenroll their families from safety-net programs, in large part because of fear and confusion about the rule,…