Asthma affects an estimated 14% of Americans under age 18. Among children, age 5-14,asthma affects 8.8% of white youth, 12.8% of black youth and 21.5% of Hispanic youth whose ethnicity is Puerto Rican.
source: the Eye on Early Education blog.
Boston Children's Hospital Reports Progress on Asthma in Boston
The hospital’s program, the Community Asthma Initiative, targeted 283 children with asthma in some of Boston’s poorest neighborhoods. Health workers taught families how to correctly use medications and eliminate triggers of attack, such as contaminated bedding and feather dusters. article: Boston Globe, Feb 20, 2012.
The Asthma Research Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in conjunction with Harvard Medical School and the Partners Asthma Center is dedicated to conducting research that advances the treatment and understanding of asthma.
