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Article Examines Economic Burden of Pediatric Asthma
An article in the October 2018 edition of PharmacoEconomics examined the economic burden of pediatric asthma. Researchers conducted a literature review of articles “reporting on healthcare resource utilization and/or healthcare costs of pediatric asthma.” After reviewing the articles, researchers found “costs for children with asthma were significantly greater than for children without,” and “pediatric asthma…
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HUD Releases Healthy Homes Youth App
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has partnered with the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to release a new app designed to teach middle-schoolers about household contaminants. The app aims to help kids learn about actions they can take to…
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National League of Cities Releases Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: Policies, Practices and Programs in Asthma & Lead – Strategies for Progress
The National League of Cities has released a new report titled “Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: Policies, Practices and Programs in Asthma & Lead – Strategies for Progress.” The report aims to demonstrate the essential role of city leadership in addressing lead and asthma hazards in housing stock across the country. The report was developed in…
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Children’s Health Fund Releases Video Series: Asthma–What you Need to Know
The Children’s Health Fund and The Primary School have partnered to create a series of videos that describe what you need to know to take care of a child with asthma. There is a complete video that contains all the content, as well as shorter videos that explain what asthma and asthma triggers are as…
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Gather Evidence to Inform Update of Asthma Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology contains an article in its September 2018 edition that “describes the protocols, key questions, methodology, and analytic framework to support the update of the 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3) on the diagnosis and management of asthma in adults and children.” The…
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Article Reviews Therapeutic Options for Stepwise Management of Pediatric Asthma
An article published in the September 2018 edition of the Journal of Asthma reviewed studies to examine options for stepwise management of pediatric asthma. The authors found that stepwise management “is recommended for children in current global and US guidelines,” and “treatment may be stepped up or stepped down temporarily or long-term based on response…
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Study Investigates Relationship Between Lung Microbiota and Asthma
A study in the October 2018 edition of Pediatric Pulmonology examines the relationship between lung microbiota and asthma. Among some factors that may affect asthma, the “lung microbiome composition changes due to a disruption of the delicate balance between immigration and elimination of bacteria,” and “can interact with the immune system, thus influencing inflammation.” Antibiotics…
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Study Examines Asthma and Comorbid Conditions’ Effects on Sleep and Academic Performance
In the October 2018 edition of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology a study “sought to examine unique and combined associations” of several common comorbidities “on sleep and academic performance among urban minority children with persistent asthma.” The comorbid medical conditions included “allergic rhinitis, obesity, and sleep disordered breathing.” Researchers examined the conditions of 249 urban…
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Effects of Early Life Vitamin D on Later Life Asthma and Wheeze
BMC Pulmonary Medicine’s July 2018 edition includes a systematic review examining “the effect of early life vitamin D status on asthma and wheeze later in life.” The researchers included three randomized controlled trials and 33 cohort studies in their analysis. The study concludes the “studies show no association between antenatal blood vitamin D level and…
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Study Examines California’s School Funding
The UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools and Stanford University published a study on financing school facilities in California. Getting Down to Facts II, published in 2018, serves as a “state of the state” on education policy and financing. Findings include that “local funding sources greatly outstrip state support in California’s system of school…
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National Center for Healthy Housing Releases Technical Briefs on Funding Community Health Worker Services
The National Center for Healthy Housing has released two technical briefs on funding services provided by community health workers. The first brief, Advancing the Role of Community Health Workers: Engaging State Medicaid Offices to Develop State Plan Amendments Regarding the Preventative Services Rule Change, “reviews the process for amending Medicaid state plans to include” community…