Grant Roy, Bowen Shawn, McLean Diane E, Berman Douglas, Redlener Karen, Redlener Irwin
The Children's Health Fund, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Mar;97(3):448-50. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.070482. Epub 2007 Jan 31.
Homeless children in New York City had an extremely high asthma prevalence-40%-in a cross-sectional study at 3 shelters (n=740) during 1998 to 1999. We used the same protocol to summarize subsequent data through December 2002. Asthma prevalence was 33% (n=1636); only 15% of the children previously diagnosed were taking an asthma controller medication. Emergency department use was 59%. These data were used to support a class action lawsuit that was resolved in favor of homeless children with asthma in New York City.
在1998年至1999年对纽约市3个收容所(n = 740)进行的一项横断面研究中,无家可归儿童的哮喘患病率极高,达40%。我们采用相同方案总结了截至2002年12月的后续数据。哮喘患病率为33%(n = 1636);之前被诊断出哮喘的儿童中只有15%在使用哮喘控制药物。急诊就诊率为59%。这些数据被用于支持一项集体诉讼,该诉讼最终以有利于纽约市患哮喘的无家可归儿童而得到解决。