On the Front Lines

An Environmental Asthma Intervention in New York City

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ID11029149
AuthorsPatrick L Kinney (0000-0003-2801-1003, Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Mary E Northridge (0000-0003-0358-8930, Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Ginger L Chew (0000-0002-4272-3157, Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Erik Gronning (Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Evelyn Joseph (Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Javier Correa Correa (0000-0002-0301-5641, Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Juan C Correa, Swati Prakash (Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...), Inge F Goldstein (Harlem United), Inge Goldstein (Patrick L. Kinney, Ginger L. Chew, Evelyn Joseph, and Juan C. Correa are with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Mary E. Northridge is with the Harlem Health Promotion Center, Department of Sociomedical Sciences; and Inge Goldstein is with the Department of Epidemiology, all at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Erik Gronning is with the New York State Department of Health, New York City. Swati Prakash is with West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc, New...)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue1
Pages24-26
Publication date2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.1.24
PMID11772751
OpenAlexW2119157411
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited2

Asthma is now the leading cause of school absence among children of color in impoverished urban neighborhoods. Environmental interventions have the potential to augment clinical approaches to asthma management by directly reducing exposure to environmental triggers (e.g., cockroaches, rodents, and mold). We implemented an apartment-based intervention to reduce exposures to indoor allergens among children living with asthma in 2 areas in New York City with rates of asthma morbidity and mortality that rank among the highest in the United States. Although the intervention phase of the present study is not yet complete, timely reporting of our field experiences may prove useful to other groups engaged in environmental intervention trials in urban communities

Asthma · Asthma management · Bedroom · Environmental health · Geography · Intervention (counseling) · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Health, psychology, and well-being · Immunology · Medicine · Gerontology

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