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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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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Nurses for Cool and Healthy Homes
PDF to Nurses for Cool and Healthy Homes
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Researchers Investigate Association Between Maternal Folate Levels and Infant Bronchiolitis
In the July 2018 edition of the Maternal and Child Health Journal an article assesses “whether higher prenatal folate is a risk factor for childhood respiratory illnesses.” Specifically, researchers “investigated the association between maternal 2nd trimester plasma folate levels and infant bronchiolitis.” Plasma samples were taken to determine maternal folate status, and bronchiolitis was diagnosed…
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Study Investigates Effectiveness of Supervised Therapy in Elementary Schools on Asthma Control
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology included an article in its August 2018 edition evaluating “the effectiveness of supervised therapy” in elementary schools on asthma control. Researchers “conducted a cluster-randomized trial of supervised therapy in 20 elementary schools with a disproportionate enrollment of low-income Latino students.” Schools were “purposively selected, matched, and randomized to…
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Researchers Conduct Systemic Review to Identify Asthma Attack Risk Factors in Children
In the September 2018 edition of Thorax, researchers conducted a systemic review to “identify and weight risk factors for asthma attacks in children.” After systematically searching six databases, researchers identified 68 papers relevant to the study. The researchers found “previous asthma attacks were associated with greatly increased risk of attack,” and “persistent symptoms” and “poor…
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Study Examines Effects of Nitrate Air Pollution on Childhood Lung Function
Environmental Research’s August 2018 edition includes an article discussing the effects of prenatal exposure to nitrate on lung function in childhood. The researchers estimated daily ambient nitrate exposure during pregnancy, and then used spirometry with the children around year seven. They found “an early sensitive window of 6-12 weeks gestation, during which increase nitrate was…
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Effectiveness of Filters in Schools and Homes on Children with Asthma
The September 2018 edition of Environmental Science & Technology “investigates exposure, health, and cost impacts of high efficiency filters in homes and schools,” with a focus on asthma-related outcomes. Through their study, researchers found “replacing inefficient filters with enhanced filters in schools would reduce the PM2.5-attributable asthma burden by 13% annually, with higher benefits for…
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Effects of Neighborhood Poverty on Children with Asthma
In the October 2018 edition of Family & Community Health an article examines “the relationship between child asthma and features associated with neighborhood poverty, including safety, social cohesion, informal social control, collective efficacy, and disorder.” The study included 3010 children from low-income neighborhoods. The results showed “the relationship between asthma and poverty is accounted for…
