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ArticlePediatrics2019

Neighborhood Social Conditions, Family Relationships, and Childhood Asthma.

Edith Chen, Robin Hayen, Van Le, Makeda K Austin, Madeleine U Shalowitz, Rachel E Story, Gregory E Miller

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Article in Pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Impact of caregiver depression on child asthma outcomes in Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2022
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  12. Chronic stress and asthma in adolescents.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Edith ChenDepartment of Psychology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and edith.chen@northwestern.edu.
Robin HayenDepartment of Psychology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and.
Van LeDepartment of Psychology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and.
Makeda K AustinDepartment of Psychology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and.
Madeleine U ShalowitzCenter for Clinical Research Informatics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois.
Rachel E StoryDepartment of Medicine and.
Gregory E MillerDepartment of Psychology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; and.
Northwestern University · USCenter for Clinical Research (United States) · US

Funding

Multi-Level Understanding of Social Contributors to SES Disparities in AsthmaR01HL108723 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI CHEN, EDITH · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL108723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesPoor neighborhood conditions have established associations with poorer child health, but little is known about protective factors that mitigate the effects of difficult neighborhood conditions. In this study, we tested if positive family relationships can buffer youth who live in dangerous and/or disorderly neighborhoods from poor asthma outcomes.

methodsA total of 308 youths (aged 9-17) who were physician-diagnosed with asthma and referred from community pediatricians and/or family practitioners participated in this cross-sectional study. Neighborhood conditions around families' home addresses were coded by using Google Street View images. Family relationship quality was determined via youth interviews. Clinical asthma outcomes (asthma symptoms, activity limitations, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second percentile), asthma management behaviors (family response to asthma symptoms and integration of asthma into daily life), and asthma-relevant immunologic processes (lymphocyte T helper 1 and T helper 2 cytokine production and sensitivity to glucocorticoid inhibition) were assessed via questionnaires, interviews, spirometry, and blood draws.

resultsSignificant interactions were found between neighborhood conditions and family relationship quality (β = |.11-.15|;

conclusionsWhen youth live in dangerous and/or disorderly neighborhoods, high family relationship quality can buffer youth from poor asthma outcomes. Although families may not be able to change their neighborhoods, they may nonetheless be able to facilitate better asthma outcomes in their children through strong family relationships.

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Residence CharacteristicsSocial ConditionsAdolescentAsthmaChildCross-Sectional StudiesFamily RelationsFemaleHumansMale

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PMID31320467
PMCPMC6856806
OpenAlexW2962806203

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