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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2016

Prevalence and risk factors of asthma in First Nations children living on reserves in Canada.

Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Selvanayagam John Niruban, Malcolm King, Carina Majaesic, Paul Veugelers, Lory Laing, Brian H Rowe

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ambikaipakan SenthilselvanUniversity of Alberta. sentil@ualberta.ca.
Selvanayagam John Niruban
Malcolm King
Carina Majaesic
Paul Veugelers
Lory Laing
Brian H Rowe
University of Alberta · CASimon Fraser University · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo explore the prevalence and determine the risk factors of asthma in First Nations children aged 0 to 11 years living on reserves in Canada.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, we considered the data collected as part of the First Nations Regional Health Survey involving 6,657 children living in 238 First Nations communities in the 10 Canadian provinces, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

resultsThe overall prevalence of asthma that has lasted or is expected to last at least six months (ever-asthma) among children living on reserves was 14.6%: a prevalence of 12.9% among 0 to 4 year olds and 15.6% among 5 to 11 year olds. The prevalence of ever-asthma was greater among boys (16.1%) than girls (13.2%). Children from homes with two or more children aged less than 11 years and those who were engaged in daily physical activities were less likely to have a report of ever-asthma. Children from high-income families and smoke-free homes were more likely to have a report of ever-asthma. The association between allergy and ever-asthma was stronger in children with low birth weight. The association between chronic ear infections and ever-asthma was stronger in girls than boys.

conclusionsThe overall prevalence of ever-asthma and factors associated with ever-asthma in First Nations children living on reserves were similar to those reported for off-reserve Aboriginal children and non-Aboriginal Canadian children.

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AsthmaCanadaChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth SurveysHumansIndians, North AmericanInfantInfant, NewbornMalePrevalenceResidence CharacteristicsRisk Factors

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PMID26986908
PMCPMC6972320
OpenAlexW2018132658

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