| Titre : | Asthma prevalence among inner-city Asian American schoolchildren. (2003) |
| Auteurs : | LEE (Ted) : USA. West Suburban Family Practice Residency Program. Oak Park. IL. ; BRUGGE (Doug) : USA. Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston. MA. ; Opal FISHER ; Charlene FRANCIS ; Josiah Quincy Elementary School. Boston. MA. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Public health reports (vol. 118, n° 3, 2003) |
| Pagination : | 215-220 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Asthme ; Prévalence ; Epidémiologie ; Enfant ; Homme ; Enfant 6 9 ans ; Migrant ; Ville ; Appareil respiratoire [pathologie] ; Bronchopneumopathie obstructive |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS yEdR0xZ6. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective. Though asthma has been studied in many inner-city populations in the United States, there have been no studies specifically on Asian American immigrants. The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of the prevalence of asthma among schoolchildren at the Josiah Quincy Elementary School, located in Boston Chinatown. Roughly 62% of the students in the school are Asian American. Methods. The authors utilized the Brief Asthma Pediatric Screen (BAPS), a five-question instrument that was validated through the Chicago public schools. The survey was administered to kindergarten through fifth grade students. Results. Of the 606 respondents (69.9% of the students), 16% had previously diagnosed asthma and 3% had possible undiagnosed asthma. Asthma was more prevalent in boys than in girls (relative risk [RR] 1.75 ; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.20,2.56). In addition, the respondents who lived in Chinatown were less likely to have been diagnosed with asthma (RR 0.59 ; 95% CI 0.39,0.90), as were those with Asian surnames (RR 0.65 ; 95% CI 0.44,0.97). Conclusion. Although this study was preliminary, our results suggest that asthma rates are substantial among inner-city Asian immigrant children, but possibly lower than for other inner-city children. |
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