JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Add like
Add dislike
Add to saved papers

Community-level data suggest that asthma prevalence varies between U.S. and foreign-born black subpopulations.

Journal of Asthma 2008 November
For Mexican and Chinese immigrants it has been reported that foreign born children have a lower prevalence of asthma than U.S.-born children. Inner-city black populations have a high prevalence of asthma. However, despite growing populations of black immigrants, we are aware of no previous studies that have looked at the effect of nativity on their asthma prevalence. We report data collected from a convenience sample in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston for black respondents. The survey was conducted by medical students and community residents using a community-based participatory research approach. For adult respondents (n = 290) there was a strong negative association between being born outside the United States and reporting asthma (OR = 0.39; p = 0.033) that was retained in our multivariate model. For children (n = 157, reported by their parents) there was also a strong association with being born outside the United States (p < 0.05 using chi(2) tabular analysis); however, there were no foreign-born children with asthma so an OR could not be calculated and this association could not be carried forward into multivariate analyses. For children, but not adults, there were also strong associations between asthma and environmental factors. These findings point to the need for further research into nativity and asthma in black U.S. populations. Future studies should seek to obtain a representative sample, gather more demographic data than we did and seek a larger sample of children. It makes sense to ask about nativity in asthma prevalence studies in order to distinguish these two apparently very different subpopulations.

Full text links

We have located links that may give you full text access.
Can't access the paper?
Try logging in through your university/institutional subscription. For a smoother one-click institutional access experience, please use our mobile app.

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app

Mobile app image

Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app

All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC.
This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.

By using this service, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy.

Your Privacy Choices Toggle icon

You can now claim free CME credits for this literature searchClaim now

Get seemless 1-tap access through your institution/university

For the best experience, use the Read mobile app