Other Titles
Health disparity in asthma patients
Abstract
The United States and other industrialized nations are experiencing an increase in asthma. Despite medical and scientific advances in treating asthma in the past few decades, racial and ethnic disparities persevere in the rates of prevalence, morbidity and mortality in the U.S. (Joseph, Williams, Ownby, Saltzgaber, & Johnson, 2006).
Sigma Membership
Beta Gamma
Lead Author Affiliation
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
African Americans, Asthma, Health Disparity
Recommended Citation
Trevathan, Enna Edouard, "Health disparity asthma in African American communities" (2018). INRC (Congress). 73.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2018/presentations_2018/73
Conference Name
29th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Melbourne, Australia
Conference Year
2018
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Health disparity asthma in African American communities
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The United States and other industrialized nations are experiencing an increase in asthma. Despite medical and scientific advances in treating asthma in the past few decades, racial and ethnic disparities persevere in the rates of prevalence, morbidity and mortality in the U.S. (Joseph, Williams, Ownby, Saltzgaber, & Johnson, 2006).