Importance Mortality rates in US youth have increased in recent years. An understanding of
the role of racial and ethnic disparities in these increases is lacking. Objective To compare …

BACKGROUND: Asthma and obesity are 2 common pediatric problems. Obesity is a known
risk factor for asthma, and obese children with asthma have higher disease burden …

Objective: There are racial and ethnic disparities in childhood asthma burden and outcomes.
Although there have been comparisons between whites and minorities, there are few …

Objective: To identify the key risk factors and explain the spatiotemporal patterns of
childhood asthma in the Memphis metropolitan area (MMA) over an 11-year period (2005 …

Rural adolescents with asthma are a disparate group. Self-management is essential to
asthma control. We describe asthma knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-management …

Introduction: Prior research has documented disparities in asthma outcomes between Latino
children and non-Hispanic whites, but little research directly examines the care provided to …

Purpose Asthma is a heterogeneous airway disease occurring in children, and it has various
clinical phenotypes. A clear differentiation of the clinical phenotypes can provide better …

Asthma is the most common childhood chronic disease, and children in foster care have the
highest rates of chronic conditions of any studied child population. The purpose of this study …

This study aimed to compare the catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and
impoverishment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients between 2 ethnic groups and …

Background We used an expanded conceptualization of ethnic density at the neighborhood
level, tailored to Hispanic majority communities in the USA, and a robust measure of …