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ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2016

Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors.

Joy Hsu, Xiaoting Qin, Suzanne F Beavers, Maria C Mirabelli

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Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  14. Leveraging artificial intelligence for the management of preschool wheeze: A narrative review.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  17. Association of daily steps over time with adult asthma incidence.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joy HsuEpidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Public Health Scientific Services, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia;. Electronic address: xdd6@cdc.gov.
Xiaoting QinAir Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Suzanne F BeaversAir Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.
Maria C MirabelliAir Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAsthma is a leading cause of chronic disease-related school absenteeism. Few data exist on how information on absenteeism might be used to identify children for interventions to improve asthma control. This study investigated how asthma-related absenteeism was associated with asthma control, exacerbations, and associated modifiable risk factors using a sample of children from 35 states and the District of Columbia.

methodsThe Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Child Asthma Call-back Survey is a random-digit dial survey designed to assess the health and experiences of children aged 0-17 years with asthma. During 2014-2015, multivariate analyses were conducted using 2006-2010 data to compare children with and without asthma-related absenteeism with respect to clinical, environmental, and financial measures. These analyses controlled for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

resultsCompared with children without asthma-related absenteeism, children who missed any school because of asthma were more likely to have not well controlled or very poorly controlled asthma (prevalence ratio=1.50; 95% CI=1.34, 1.69) and visit an emergency department or urgent care center for asthma (prevalence ratio=3.27; 95% CI=2.44, 4.38). Mold in the home and cost as a barrier to asthma-related health care were also significantly associated with asthma-related absenteeism.

conclusionsMissing any school because of asthma is associated with suboptimal asthma control, urgent or emergent asthma-related healthcare utilization, mold in the home, and financial barriers to asthma-related health care. Further understanding of asthma-related absenteeism could establish how to most effectively use absenteeism information as a health status indicator.

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AbsenteeismAdolescentAsthmaBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemChildChild, PreschoolChronic DiseaseDistrict of ColumbiaFemaleHumansMalePatient Acceptance of Health CarePrevalenceRisk FactorsSchoolsSurveys and Questionnaires

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