Reducing asthma disparities by addressing environmental inequities: A case study of regional Asthma Management and prevention's advocacy efforts

Family and Community Health

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Lamb, Anne Kelsey ^a   Ervice, Joel ^a   Lorenzen, Kathryn ^a   Prentice, Bob ^a   White, Shannon ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

air quality; asthma; disparities; inequities; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GASOLINE; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;

EID: 78650886243     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318202a81d     Document Type: Article

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