The Association between Childhood Asthma and Community Violence, Los Angeles County, 2000

Jeffrey, Jessica; Sternfeld, Isabelle; Tager, Ira B.

doi:10.1177/003335490612100612

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“…Various studies in the last decade, the majority of which in the United States, identified an association between community violence and asthma 8,9,10,11,12,20 . Although the studies analyzed different outcomes, like hospitalizations and occurrence and number of days with symptoms, besides distinct contexts, they showed a similar association to that found in our study.…”

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“…In addition, the independent variable "community violence" was not measured directly with a specific instrument. The majority of the studies on the theme have found that exposure to a violent act such as being assaulted or witnessing a fight involving firearms or knives is already representative of the community violence phenomenon 8,9,10,11,12,20 . When the SCAALA project was designed, there were no validated indicators for measuring this phenomenon in the Brazilian population, or for Table 2 Logistic regression between items on community violence and presence of asthma symptoms.…”

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“…Among psychosocial factors, violence has been reported as potentially associated with the occurrence of asthma symptoms 8,9,10,11,12 .…”

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“…Studies in the United States have shown that children exposed to community violencewhether direct victims themselves or members of families that have suffered violence -display higher stress levels and more asthma symptoms 8,9,10,11,12 . The sample used by all these studies consisted of poor populations with heavy exposure to community violence.…”

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Community violence and childhood asthma prevalence in peripheral neighborhoods in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil

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“…Among psychosocial factors, violence has been reported as potentially associated with the occurrence of asthma symptoms 8,9,10,11,12 .…”

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“…[3][4][5] Studies on youth in urban settings have found links between mental health, exposure to violence, and asthma morbidity or hospitalization. 4,[6][7][8] One recent researcher also found a synergistic effect between traffic-related air pollution and asthma among children that were exposed to violence in an urban setting. 9 Some existing researchers have indicated that exposures to interpersonal or domestic violence are likely important risk factors for asthma episodes for both children and adults.…”

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The Associations between Area of Residence, Sexual Violence Victimization, and Asthma Episodes among US Adult Women in 14 States and Territories, 2005–2007

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Gaps in understanding of how area-based differences in exposure to violence are associated with asthma prevalence may limit the development of effective prevention programs and the identification of risk for asthma episodes. The current investigation examines the associations between sexual violence victimization and asthma episodes among US adult women across three different metropolitan settings. The association between sexual assault victimizations and asthma attacks in the past year was examined using data from the 2005, 2006, and 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys. Cross-sectional analyses were based on adult women with current asthma (n= 4,099). Multivariate logistic regression models were used to identify associations between four categories of sexual violence victimization and asthma episodes across three categories of metropolitan and non-metropolitan settings. Our findings show that unwanted touching, attempted unwanted intercourse, forced unwanted intercourse, and any sexual violence victimization (touching, attempted intercourse, or forced intercourse) were significantly associated with asthma episodes (OR adj. =3.67, 95% CI, 1.76-7.69; OR adj. =1.77, 95% CI, 1.32-2.37; OR adj. =2.24, 95% CI, 1.64-3.05, and OR adj. =1.93, 95% CI, 1.47-2.53, respectively). While no significant differences in the associations between asthma episodes and metropolitan status were found, a significant interaction between non-metropolitan areas and attempted sexual intercourse was identified (OR adj =0.53, 95% CI, 0.29-0.96). Sexual victimization appears to be an important, but understudied, correlate of asthma morbidity among adult women in the USA, suggesting that additional research is needed to better understand the associations between sexual violence, psychological distress, and asthma.

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Early‐life environment, developmental immunotoxicology, and the risk of pediatric allergic disease including asthma

Dietert

Zelikoff

2008

Birth Defects Research Pt B

108

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Incidence of childhood allergic disease including asthma (AD-A) has risen since the mid-20th century with much of the increase linked to changes in environment affecting the immune system. Childhood allergy is an early life disease where predisposing environmental exposures, sensitization, and onset of symptoms all occur before adulthood. Predisposition toward allergic disease (AD) is among the constellation of adverse outcomes following developmental immunotoxicity (DIT; problematic exposure of the developing immune system to xenobiotics and physical environmental factors). Because novel immune maturation events occur in early life, and the pregnancy state itself imposes certain restrictions on immune functional development, the period from mid-gestation until 2 years after birth is one of particular concern relative to DIT and AD-A. Several prenatal-perinatal risk factors have been identified as contributing to a DIT-mediated immune dysfunction and increased risk of AD. These include maternal smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, diesel exhaust and traffic-related particles, heavy metals, antibiotics, environmental estrogens and other endocrine disruptors, and alcohol. Diet and microbial exposure also significantly influence immune maturation and risk of allergy. This review considers (1) the critical developmental windows of vulnerability for the immune system that appear to be targets for risk of AD, (2) a model in which the immune system of the DIT-affected infant exhibits immune dysfunction skewed toward AD, and (3) the lack of allergy-relevant safety testing of drugs and chemicals that could identify DIT hazards and minimize problematic exposure of pregnant women and children.

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The Association between Childhood Asthma and Community Violence, Los Angeles County, 2000

Abstract: Community violence as measured by the rate of assault hospi; talizations is associated with childhood asthma in Los Angeles County. Health care providers should consider their asthmatic patients' social environments when devising treatment plans.

Cited by 19 publications

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Community violence and childhood asthma prevalence in peripheral neighborhoods in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil

Community violence and childhood asthma prevalence in peripheral neighborhoods in Salvador, Bahia State, Brazil

The Associations between Area of Residence, Sexual Violence Victimization, and Asthma Episodes among US Adult Women in 14 States and Territories, 2005–2007

Early‐life environment, developmental immunotoxicology, and the risk of pediatric allergic disease including asthma

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