What are the social and environmental determinants of asthma? Drs Wechsler, Cardet, and Kraft have a wide-ranging discussion about the science, publications, and their experience as clinicians.

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Resources

Asthma https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/296301-overview

The School Inner-City Asthma Intervention Study: Design, Rationale, Methods, and Lessons Learned https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5557648/

2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines: A Report From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(20)31404-4/fulltext

Allergic and Environmental Asthma https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/137501-overview

Comparing Asthma Treatments: A Study Focusing on African-American, Hispanic, and Latino Adults -- The PREPARE Study for PeRson EmPowered Asthma Relief https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2016/comparing-asthma-treatments-study-focusing-african-american-hispanic-and-latino-adults-prepare-study-person-empowered-asthma-relief

Percentage of People With Asthma Who Smoke https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/asthma_stats/people_who_smoke.htm

Associations Between Historical Residential Redlining and Current Age-Adjusted Rates of Emergency Department Visits Due to Asthma Across Eight Cities in California: An Ecological Study https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2542-5196(19)30241-4

Socioeconomic Status and Asthma Control in African American Youth in SAGE II https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4257058/

Combatting the Health Consequences of Poverty and Stress https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/fall09wrights/

Designing Clinical Trials to Address the Needs of Childhood and Adult Asthma: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's AsthmaNet https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(13)01638-2/fulltext

AsthmaNet Best African American Response to Asthma Drugs (BARD) https://biolincc.nhlbi.nih.gov/studies/asthmanet_bard/

Smoking Affects Response to Inhaled Corticosteroids or Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists in Asthma https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1899291/

Primary Adherence to Controller Medications for Asthma Is Poor https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342835/

Asthma and African Americans https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=4&lvlid