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Review
Authors

Levy JI, Quirós-Alcalá L, Fabian MP, Basra K, Hansel NN

Journal

Current Epidemiology Reports

Summary
In this review article, the authors examine the available literature regarding distinctive socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparies and their impact on the development of multiple respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The authors found that there is substantial literature that supprts the hypothesis that environmental exposures due to socioeconmic status and/or ethnictiy/race are greatly contributing to the disparity in chronic lung diseases. Further research is needed to understand the exposure to and health implcations of multiple environmental stressors on these groups.
Population

Reviewed publications that examined under-represented ethnic/racial groups and low SES groups

Health Outcomes

  • Reviewed publications that examined asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Health Outcome List:

  • Not available

Environmental Agents

List of Environmental Agents:

  • Reviewed publications that examined particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, psychosocial stress, and pesticides

Source of Environmental Agents:

  • Home environment and neighborhood environment

Economic Evaluation / Methods and Source

Type:

  • Cost analysis (CA)

Cost Measures:

  • Reviewed publications that examined health cost of disproportionate environmental exposures on racial/ethnic disparities and people with lower socioeconomic status

Potential Cost Measures:

  • Not available

Benefits Measures:

  • Not available

Potential Benefits Measures:

  • Not available

Location:

  • Not available

Models Used:

  • Not Available

Models References:

  • Not available

Methods Used:

  • The authors performed a review of existing literature to examine the relationship between environmental stressors and respiratory disease. The authors used two seperate literature searches in PubMed. The first literature search used the keywords, housing, nitrogen dioxide, air pollution, mold or environmental tobacco smoke, stress, allergen, temperature, noise, pesticide in addition to asthma or COPD. The second literature search was limited to articles published since 2013 and used the keywords green space, crime and violence in addition to asthma, COPD or respitatory disease.

Sources Used:

  • Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma (URECA) study (O'Connor et al.,2017); Population Based Cohort study (Sbihi et al., 2017); Residential Segregation and Racial gaps in childhood asthma study (Alexander et al., 2017); PubMed; Additional sources cited in the publication.

Economic Citation / Fundings

Citation:

  • Levy JI, Quirós-Alcalá L, Fabian MP, Basra K, Hansel NN. Established and Emerging Environmental Contributors to Disparities in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Current Epidemiology Reports. 2018. 5; 2.
  • Pubmed
  • DOI

NIEHS Funding:

  • R01ES023500, R01ES022607, R01ES027816, P50ES018176, T32ES014562

Other Funding:

  • P50MD010428, K01HL138124, P50MD010431