Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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National Trends in Ambulatory Asthma Treatment, 1997¿2009
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Changes in office-based treatment of asthma coincide with reduced asthma morbidity and mortality over the same period.
An Innovative Device to Detect Patterns of Asthma and Improve Treatment
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
The Association Between Community Crime and Childhood Asthma Prevalence in Chicago
April 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study investigated the effect of neighborhood crime on asthma rates among children in Chicago. The authors found significant associations between the number of crimes in a neighborhood and child asthma rates.
Asthma Mitigation Strategies
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article compares asthma management approaches by physicians, community organizations and charitable organizations. Community organizations are more likely to focus on environmental and community-based factors that contribute to asthma, while clinical groups are more likely to focus on individual disease management factors.
Kickin' Asthma
December 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article evaluates a school-based intervention for urban children with asthma. Since asthma disproportionately affects urban children, interventions through urban schools hold potential to improve children's asthma management.
Does Treating Maternal Depression Improve Child Health Management?
January 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A study examining the relationship between maternal depression and management of asthma health care utilization for children found a reduction in asthma spending for children whose mothers were treated for depression.
Management of Asthma at Private Pharmacies in India
December 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Related websites Publisher - The Union In India 37 to 64 percent of people buying medications at pharmacies are doing so without prescriptions and a similar situation occurs in many countries. Therefore, it is important to study this issue in order ...
Reducing Quality of Care Disparities in Childhood Asthma
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Combining two evidence-based interventions yielded a reduction in asthma symptoms and health care utilization.
The Association of Health Insurance and Disease Impairment with Reported Asthma Prevalence in U.S. Children
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While children with persistent asthma symptoms are treated similarly regardless of insurance status, insured children with intermittent symptoms are more likely than uninsured children to be diagnosed and receive treatment, suggesting insuring more asthmatic children is unlikely to result in treatment cost savings.
Programs' Progress
February 27, 2012 | Story
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