Subsidized Housing and Adult Asthma in Boston, 2010–2015

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ID11035229
AuthorsAmar J Mehta (Amar J. Mehta, Daniel P. Dooley, and Snehal N. Shah are with the Research and Evaluation Office, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. John Kane is with the Boston Housing Authority. Margaret Reid is with the Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission.), Amar Mehta (0000-0003-0882-973X, Boston Public Health Commission), Daniel P Dooley (Amar J. Mehta, Daniel P. Dooley, and Snehal N. Shah are with the Research and Evaluation Office, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. John Kane is with the Boston Housing Authority. Margaret Reid is with the Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission.), John Kane (0000-0002-5095-5556, Amar J. Mehta, Daniel P. Dooley, and Snehal N. Shah are with the Research and Evaluation Office, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. John Kane is with the Boston Housing Authority. Margaret Reid is with the Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission.), Margaret Reid (0000-0001-6614-5964, Amar J. Mehta, Daniel P. Dooley, and Snehal N. Shah are with the Research and Evaluation Office, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. John Kane is with the Boston Housing Authority. Margaret Reid is with the Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission.), Snehal Shah (0000-0002-8745-398X, Boston Public Health Commission), Snehal N Shah (Amar J. Mehta, Daniel P. Dooley, and Snehal N. Shah are with the Research and Evaluation Office, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. John Kane is with the Boston Housing Authority. Margaret Reid is with the Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission.)
Year2018
Volume108
Issue8
Pages1059-1065
Publication date2018-08-01
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.2018.304468
PMID29927657
OpenAlexW2809669922
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited28

Objectives. To examine whether subsidized housing, specifically public housing and rental assistance, is associated with asthma in the Boston, Massachusetts, adult population. Methods. We analyzed a pooled cross-sectional sample of 9554 adults taking part in 3 Boston Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys from 2010 to 2015. We estimated odds ratios for current asthma in association with housing status (public housing development [PHD] resident, rental assistance [RA] renter, non-RA renter, nonrenter nonowner, homeowner as reference) in logistic regression analyses adjusting for year, age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, and income. Results. The odds of current asthma were 2.02 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.35, 3.03) and 2.34 (95% CI = 1.60, 3.44) times higher among PHD residents and RA renters, respectively, than among homeowners. We observed smoking-related effect modification (interaction P = .04); elevated associations for PHD residents and RA renters remained statistically significant (P Conclusions. Public housing and rental assistance were strongly associated with asthma in this large cross-sectional sample of adult Boston residents

Asthma · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Public housing · Renting · Sociology · Subsidized housing · Subsidy · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Gerontology

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