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Correlates Of Asthma Among The Minority Population In South Bronx,New York, Veronica Chibumma Uwanaka
Correlates Of Asthma Among The Minority Population In South Bronx,New York, Veronica Chibumma Uwanaka
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Asthma among children has become an inherent problem in many communities in the United States, especially among the minority population. The South Bronx has a large minority population and a high prevalence of asthma. However, no study to date has explored the factors associated with this high prevalence rates in this population. Drawing from theories of social ecology and environmental health, the objective of this quantitative cross-sectional study is to investigate the correlates of asthma among children in the South Bronx by studying the sociodemographic and environmental risk factors, including parental occupation; neighborhood and housing characteristics, air quality, and poverty. …