Studies & Reports
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Nursing Students Help Reduce ‘Asthma Van’ No-Shows using Telehealth
A study in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing’s April 2021 edition contains an article examining the impact of telehealth on no-show rates for a pediatric asthma mobile van. The researchers implemented an option for visits where parents could attend their child’s appointments while the parents were off-site. Using this method, they found that no-show rates…
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Study Confirms Fine Particulate Air Pollution Disproportionately Affects People of Color in the United States
An article in the April 2021 edition of Science Advances details how ambient fine particulate air pollution polluters disproportionately affect people of color in the United States. The study found “emission sources that disproportionately expose” people of color “are pervasive throughout society.” Fine particulate air pollution exposures are “higher than average for POC [People of…
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Inhaled Budesonide Shows Promise as a Treatment of Early COVID-19
As shared in RAMP’s previous updates on emerging research related to COVID-19 and asthma, multiple early reports of patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 showed that people with asthma and other chronic respiratory disease were significantly under-represented. Some researchers have suggested that asthma might provide some protection against severe COVID-19 outcomes. On April 9,…
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Freight Automation: Dangers, Threats, and Opportunities for Health and Equity
Freight Automation: Dangers, Threats, and Opportunities for Health and Equity takes a deep dive into how automation in the freight transportation system affects the health of workers, communities, and the environment — and also how these effects will be inequitably felt by people with low incomes and communities of color. Background The freight transportation system in…
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Study Highlights Associations Between Environmental Chemicals and Asthma
In the February edition of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health contains an article examining the connections between environmental chemicals and asthma. The study reports “environmental chemicals, prioritized for investigation in the European Human Biomonitoring Initiative… which are associated or possible associated with asthma.” The researchers note “exposures to polyaromatic hydrocarbons and…
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Researchers Examine Environmental and Lifestyle Determinants of Asthma Using Exposome Approach
The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health’s January 2021 edition features an article examining asthma using the exposome approach, looking at all exposures of an individual and how they relate to health. The researchers review recent studies “linking multiple families of exposures to asthma-related outcomes.” While they note studies “showed differences in terms…
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Admissions to US Hospitals Decreased in 2020 Across an Array of Pediatric Conditions, Including Asthma
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network – Open looked at over 5 million admissions at 49 hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information Systems database, comparing 2020 data to prior years. They found a significant reduction (up to 45.4%) in admissions across numerous health issues. The following graph shows pediatric hospital admissions…
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Multi-national Study on the Interplay between COVID-19 Pandemic and Asthma
On February 20th, the European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology shared the results of a multinational cohort that included 1,054 children with asthma and 505 non-asthmatic children aged between 4-18 years from 25 pediatric departments, from 15 countries globally. Consistent with other recent research, the findings were that childhood asthma outcomes, including control, were improved…
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Research Focuses on Car Air Fresheners, Essential Oils and the Connection to Asthma
The California Department of Public Health’s Occupational Health Branch has completed two studies conducting chemical analysis on car air fresheners and essential oils. The analysis were completed in partnership with the University of Melbourne, James Cook University, and RMIT University. Both studies were published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere, and Health, and show “hundreds…