Asthma among Homeless Children: Undercounting and Undertreating the Underserved

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-249

  McLean, Diane E ^a,b,c   Bowen, Shawn ^b   Drezner, Karen ^b   Rowe, Amy ^b   Sherman, Peter ^b   Schroeder, Scott ^b   Redlener, Karen ^b   Redlener, Irwin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1442338286     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.158.3.244     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Lemanske RF Jr, Busse WW. Asthma. JAMA. 1997;278:1855-1873.
2. Crain EF, Weiss KB, Bijur PE, Hersh M, Westbrook L, Stein RE. An estimate of the prevalence of asthma and wheezing among inner-city children. Pediatrics. 1994;94:356-362.
3. Weiss KB, Gergen PJ, Crain EF. Inner-city asthma: the epidemiology of an emerging US public health concern. Chest. 1992;101(suppl):362S-367S.
4. Myers TR. Pediatric asthma epidemiology: incidence, morbidity, mortality. Respir Care Clin N Am. 2000;6:1-14.
5. Stevenson L, Garg R, Kaminsky M, Bijur P. Asthma Facts. New York, NY: New York City Dept of Health; 1999.
6. Weiss KB, Gergen PJ, Hodgson TA. An economic evaluation of asthma in the United States. N Engl J Med. 1992;326:862-866.
7. Lemanske RF Jr, Larsen GL. Fatal asthma in children. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:347-362.
8. Ford JG, Findley SA, Mclean DE, Nachman SA, Trowers RL. Fatal asthma in perspective: relation between individual and community risk factors. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:45-51.
9. Martinez FD. Natural history of asthma in childhood and its potential relation to fatal asthma. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:197-210.
10. Kattan M, Mitchell H, Malveaux F, et al. Characteristics of inner-city children with asthma: the National Cooperative Inner-city Asthma Study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1997;24:253-262.
11. Ortega AN, Calderon JG. Pediatric asthma among minority populations. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2000;12:579-583.
12. Grant EN, Weiss KB. Socioeconomic risk factors for asthma mortality. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:237-254.
13. Miller DS, Lin EH. Children in sheltered homeless families: reported health status and use of health services. Pediatrics. 1988;81:668-673.
14. Wood DL, Valdez RB, Hayashi T, Shen A. Health of homeless children and housed, poor children. Pediatrics. 1990;86:858-866.
15. Weinrib L, Goldberg R, Bassuk E, Perloff J. Determinants of health and service use patterns in homeless and low-income housed children. Pediatrics. 1998; 102(pt 1):554-562.
16. City of New York Department of Homeless Services. Monthly Report: Emergency Housing for Homeless Families, NewYork, NY: Dept of Homeless Services; 1999.
17. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines of the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma. Bethesda, Md: National Institutes of Health; 1997. Publication 97-4051.
18. Warner JO, Naspitz CK. Third International Pediatric Consensus statement on the management of childhood asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 1998;25:1-17.
19. American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Inc. Pediatric Asthma: Promoting Best Practice. Rochester, NY: American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology Inc; 1999.
20. Eggleston PA. Inner-city allergen recognition. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:59-74.
21. Platt-Mills TAE, Arruda LK, Carter MC, Perzanowki M, Woodfolk JA. The recognition of allergens and their relevance to the morbidity of asthma among inner-city children in the United States. In: Sheffer AL, Busse WW, Eggleston P, Platts-Mills TAE, Sears MR, Weiss KB, eds. Fatal Asthma. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker Inc; 1998:75-88.
22. Rand CS, Wise RA. Measuring adherence to asthma medication regimens. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994;149(pt 2):S69-S78.
23. Richards JM Jr, Hemstreet MP. Measures of life quality, role performance, and functional status in asthma research. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994;149(2 pt 2):S31-S43.
24. Bernard-Bonnin AC, Stachenko S, Bonin D, Charett C, Rouseau E. Self-management teaching programs and morbidity of pediatric asthma: a meta-analysis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995;95:34-41.
25. Clark NM, Feldman CH, Evans D, Levison MJ, Wasilewski Y, Mellins RB. The impact of health education on frequency and cost of health care by low-income children with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1986;78:108-155.
26. Evans R III, Gergen PJ, Mitchell H, et al. A randomized clinical trial to reduce asthma morbidity among inner-city children: results of the National Cooperative Inner-city Study. J Pediatr. 1999;135:332-338.
27. Clark NM, Gong M, Schork A, et al. Impact of education for physicians on patient outcomes. Pediatrics. 1998;101:831-836.
28. Busse WW, Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Coe C, Martin RJ, Weiss ST, Parker SR. Stress and asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;151:249-252.
29. Weil CM, Wade SL, Bauman LJ, Lynn H, Mitchell H, Lavigne J. The relationship between psychosocial factors and asthma morbidity in inner-city children with asthma. Pediatrics. 1999;104:1274-1280.
30. Buckner JC, Bassuk E, Weinrib LF, Brooks MG. Homelessness and its relation to the mental health and behavior of low-income school-age children. Dev Psychol. 1999;35:246-257.
31. Redlener I, Johnson D. Still in crisis: the health status of homeless children. Paper presented at: Children's Health Fund Conference on the deteriorating health status of homeless children; May 4, 2000; New York, NY.