Studies & Reports
One of our core strategies at RAMP is to keep the asthma field abreast of best practices, timely opportunities, and emerging research in order to build capacity for reducing the inequitable burden of asthma. We do this by cultivating an extensive hub of asthma-related information across a wide range of topics, including asthma management and healthcare, housing, air pollution, schools, the built environment, and more.
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Admissions to US Hospitals Decreased in 2020 Across an Array of Pediatric Conditions, Including Asthma
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network – Open looked at over 5 million admissions at 49 hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information Systems database, comparing 2020 data to prior years. They found a significant reduction (up to 45.4%) in admissions across numerous health issues. The following graph shows pediatric hospital admissions…
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Multi-national Study on the Interplay between COVID-19 Pandemic and Asthma
On February 20th, the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology shared the results of a multinational cohort that included 1,054 children with asthma and 505 non-asthmatic children aged between 4-18 years from 25 pediatric departments, from 15 countries globally. Consistent with other recent research, the findings were that childhood asthma outcomes, including control, were improved…
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Research Focuses on Car Air Fresheners, Essential Oils and the Connection to Asthma
The California Department of Public Health’s Occupational Health Branch has completed two studies conducting chemical analysis on car air fresheners and essential oils. The analysis were completed in partnership with the University of Melbourne, James Cook University, and RMIT University. Both studies were published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health, and show “hundreds…
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Study Examines Global, Regional, and National Health Burden Associated with Exposure to Household Air Pollution
In The Lancet, Global Health’s November 2020 issue, researchers conducted a systematic review, meta-analysis, and burden estimation study to estimate the global, regional, and national health burden associated with exposure to household air pollution. Researchers “systematically searched four databases for studies published from database inception to April 2, 2020, that evaluated the risk of adverse…
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Intersectional Relationships Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Asthma
In the November 2020 edition of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, there is an article examining how “accumulated differentials in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may be associated with adult asthma by racial/ethnic groups.” To investigate, researchers used Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 2009 through 2012 to investigate “differences for…
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Declining Pediatric Emergency Department Visits for Asthma and COVID-19 Shut-downs
Researchers Simoneau et al from Boston Children’s Hospital just published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society their research on the impact of COVID-19 on emergency department utilization for asthma. After adjusting for year, weeks and time period (pre- or post- shutdown), they found a significantly decreased incidence of ED visits after the COVID-19-related…
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Learning Efficacy of Virtual Reality Simulation for Nursing Students Caring for Children with Asthma
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health features an article in its November 2020 edition investigating the learning effects of virtual reality simulation for nursing students caring with children with asthma. Researchers compared three different educational modalities of nursing care, one with virtual reality simulation, one with high-fidelity simulation, and one with both.…
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Researchers Examine Impacts of Indoor Air Quality on Quality of Life
An article in the Journal of Architectural Engineering’s December 2020 issue examines “indoor air pollution and its effect on quality of life.” Specifically, it endeavored to “move beyond physical health and associate indoor air pollution to reduced psychological and social wellbeing.” In order to carry out the study, researchers monitored homes for samples of carbon…