Studies & Reports
One of our core strategies at RAMP is to keep the asthma field abreast of best practices, timely opportunities, and emerging research in order to build capacity for reducing the inequitable burden of asthma. We do this by cultivating an extensive hub of asthma-related information across a wide range of topics, including asthma management and healthcare, housing, air pollution, schools, the built environment, and more.
The majority of studies and reports that you’ll see below were published by partner organizations, agencies, and research institutions. To specifically see resources created by RAMP, check out RAMP Tools & Publications.
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Effects of Cardiovascular Exercise on Children with Chronic Respiratory Disease
BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine contains an article in its October 2018 edition evaluating the “effects of exercise training on health outcomes in children with chronic respiratory disease.” Researchers conducted a literature review and found twenty-seven articles examining “outcomes of cardiovascular fitness, lung function, and quality of life.” The analysis of the studies found…
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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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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…
