The Associations Between Victimization, Feeling Unsafe, and Asthma Episodes Among US High-School Students

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ID11037178
AutoresMonica H Swahn (0000-0002-6663-3885, At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.), Robert M Bossarte (0000-0002-0715-3195, At the time of the study, the authors were with the Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.)
Año2006
Volumen96
Número5
Páginas802-804
Fecha de publicación2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2005.066514
PMID16571695
PMCIDPMC1470602
OpenAlexW2141297515
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas7

We examined the associations between victimization, missed school because of feeling unsafe, and asthma episodes among US high-school students using the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Cross-sectional analyses on adolescents with asthma (n=1943) showed that any victimization and missed school because of feeling unsafe significantly increased the odds of having an asthma episode in the past year (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07, 1.95 and adjusted OR = 2.93; 95% CI = 1.90, 4.53, respectively). Victimization and feeling unsafe are important but poorly understood risk factors for asthma

Asthma · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Feeling · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Asthma and respiratory diseases · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology