Citation

DePriest K, Butz A, Curriero FC, Perrin N, Gross D. Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.anai.2019.10.003

PMID

31610235

Abstract

Among 6.1 million children with asthma, 38% have uncontrolled asthma leading to increased pediatric emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs. Uncontrolled asthma unequally harms children from lower-income, racial and ethnic minority families. Disparities in asthma control have been attributed to differential exposures to poverty, living in unsafe, stressful neighborhoods, and unhealthy physical environments. One modifiable factor that may improve asthma control is the availability of neighborhood greenspace, i.e., land with grass, trees, or other vegetation...

Keywords:
social determinants of health, greenspace, violence, children’s health, geographic information systems

Language: en

Keywords

children’s health; geographic information systems; greenspace; social determinants of health; violence