Effects of birthplace, language and length of time in the U.S. on receipt of asthma management plans among U.S. adults with current asthma

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dc.contributor.advisorCarter-Pokras, Oliviaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Sonjaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPublic and Community Healthen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-06T06:41:22Z
dc.date.available2009-10-06T06:41:22Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractApproximately 7% of the adult population in the United States suffers from asthma and only 32% of those adults have an asthma management plan, which is an important component in asthma management. Racial/ethnic minorities have higher rates of asthma and lower rates of good asthma management. There is a lack of research in examining how foreign birth and other proxy measures of acculturation may affect long term management of asthma. Using data from both the 2002 and 2003 National Health Interview Survey, this secondary data analysis examined the relationship between the receipt of asthma management plans among 18-64 year old adult asthmatics by birthplace, length of time in the U.S., and language of interview. Hispanic/Latino participants who spoke English during the interview had a 3.43 times greater odds of having an asthma management plan when compared to those who spoke Spanish (95% CI: 1.97-5.98).en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9655
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledasthmaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledasthma management planen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbirthplaceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlanguageen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLatino/Hispanicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNHISen_US
dc.titleEffects of birthplace, language and length of time in the U.S. on receipt of asthma management plans among U.S. adults with current asthmaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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