Discrimination contributes to pediatric asthma rates in African American and Latino youth

(Elsevier Health Sciences) In a new study published in CHEST, investigators found that African American children who reported experiencing discrimination had almost twice the probability of having asthma than their peers who did not experience/report discrimination. Among African American children with asthma, discrimination was also associated with a greater probability of having poorly controlled asthma. For Mexican American children, discrimination and socioeconomic status (SES) act together with discrimination having an effect on asthma only among low-SES children.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news