Sep 24, 2002 - tion to asthma since a family history of allergy is strongly ...... ronmental exposures among Puerto Rican children of East Harlem. J Asth- ma.
Race Disparities in Childhood Asthma: Does Where You Live Matter? Deborah N. Pearlman, PhD; Sally Zierler, DrPH; Stephen Meersman, PhD; Hyun K. Kim, PhD; Samara 1. Viner-Brown, MS; and Colleen Caron, PhD Providence, Rhode Island and Bethesda, Maryland
Financial support: Funding for this work was provided by a Brown University Richard B. Solomon Faculty Research Grant and by the Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Disease Prevention and Control. The authors have not received any royalty or other monetary compensation for their work on this study. Objective: This study investigates whether racial/ethnic disparities in childhood asthma prevalence can be explained by differences in family and neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP). Methods: Data were from the 2001 Rhode Island Health Interview Survey (RI HIS), a statewide representative sample of 2,600 Rhode Island households, and the 2000 U.S. Census. A series of weighted multivarate models were fitted using generalized estimating equations (GEE) for the logistic case to analyze the independent and joint effects of race/ethnicity and SEP on doctor-diagnosed asthma among 1,769 white, black and Hispanic children
