Asthma in children of Caribbean descent living in the inner-city: comparing Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean children.
Psychol Health Med
; 22(6): 633-639, 2017 07.
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ABSTRACT
Ethnic minority children bear a disproportionate amount of the US asthma burden. We compared asthma morbidity and pulmonary function (%FEV1) in two Caribbean groups living in the Bronx, NY Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean children. Caregiver-child dyads (Puerto Rican n = 113, M age = 9.89 ± 2.05; Afro-Caribbean n = 47, Mage = 10.35 ± 2.08) responded to sociodemographic and asthma-related questions, and children's %FEV1 was measured. Puerto Rican children had significantly greater (past year) asthma morbidity, yet there were no significant differences in %FEV1. This discrepancy between objective pulmonary function and asthma morbidity suggests the importance of considering sociocultural factors in pediatric asthma care.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Asma
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Hispánicos o Latinos
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Población Negra
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
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Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Health Med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos