SynthesisAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2018
Environmental Concerns for Children with Asthma on the Navajo Nation.
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- Factors associated with wheezing in Indigenous children and adolescents: A systematic review of the global literature.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Asthma among Sámi in Sweden: a population-based register study.International journal of circumpolar health · 2026Article
- Outcomes of the Navajo Community Asthma Program during the COVID-19 pandemic.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2026Article
- Using document analysis methods and implementation science frameworks to conduct a process evaluation of the community asthma program on the Navajo Nation.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Social determinants of respiratory health from birth: still of concern in the 21st century?European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
- Defining and Promoting Pediatric Pulmonary Health: Assessing Lung Function and Structure.Pediatrics · 2023Article
- COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation: experiences of Diné families of children with asthma.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2023Article
- Structural Racism and the Social Determinants of Health in Asthma.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023Article
- An asthma collaboration to reduce childhood asthma disparities on the Navajo Nation: Trial protocol for the Community Asthma Program.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of indoor PMJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022Article
- Environmental and occupational health on the Navajo Nation: a scoping review.Reviews on environmental health · 2022Article
- Air Pollution in American Indian Versus Non-American Indian Communities, 2000-2018.American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Structural racism and its pathways to asthma and atopic dermatitis.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2021Review
- Chronic respiratory disease disparity between American Indian/Alaska Native and white populations, 2011-2018.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Strengthening Digital Health Technology Capacity in Navajo Communities to Help Counter the COVID-19 Pandemic.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2021Article
- Indoor Air Quality Issues for Rocky Mountain West Tribes.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Air of Uncertainty: Can We Study Pollution and COVID-19 in the Midst of a Pandemic?Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- Environmental risk mapping of potential abandoned uranium mine contamination on the Navajo Nation, USA, using a GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis approach.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Exploring a broader context of the home environment and its relationship with asthma control in American Indian children.Research in nursing & health · 2020Article
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Abstract
rationaleNavajo children living on the reservation have high rates of asthma prevalence and severity. Environmental influences may contribute to asthma on the Navajo Nation and are inadequately understood.
objectivesWe performed a comprehensive, integrative literature review to determine the environmental factors that may contribute to increased asthma prevalence and severity among Navajo children living on the reservation.
methodsA systematic search was conducted in four databases regarding the environmental risk factors for asthma in Navajo children living on the reservation. Relevant studies between 1990 and 2017 were examined. Nonexperimental literature was also integrated into the review to describe the environmental injustices that have historically, disproportionately, and systematically affected the Navajo people, thus contributing to respiratory disparities among Navajo children.
resultsEight studies met inclusion criteria for systematic review; however, limited research regarding environmental risk factors specific to asthma and Navajo children living on the reservation was identified. Our integrative review indicated both indoor and outdoor environmental risk factors commonly found on the Navajo reservation appear to be important determinants of asthma.
conclusionsFuture research should examine indoor and outdoor air pollution from wood-burning stoves and cook stoves, coal combustion, tobacco and traditional ceremonial smoke, diesel exhaust exposure from long bus rides, indoor allergens, ambient pollutants, and regional dusts. Comprehensive mitigation efforts created in partnership with the Navajo Nation are necessary to address less-recognized risk factors as well as the common risk factors known to contribute to increased childhood asthma prevalence and severity.
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