Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis
Abstract The prevalence of asthma is high in urban areas of many Latin-American countries where societies show high levels of inequality and different levels of development. This study aimed to examine the relationship between asthma symptoms prevalence in adolescents living in Latin American urban...
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| author | Gisel Lorena Fattore Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles Santos Mauricio Lima Barreto |
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| description | Abstract The prevalence of asthma is high in urban areas of many Latin-American countries where societies show high levels of inequality and different levels of development. This study aimed to examine the relationship between asthma symptoms prevalence in adolescents living in Latin American urban centers and socioeconomic and environmental determinants measured at the ecological level. Asthma prevalence symptoms were obtained from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase III. A hierarchical conceptual framework was defined and the explanatory variables were organized in three levels: distal, intermediate, proximal. Linear regression models weighed by sample size were undertaken between asthma prevalence and the selected variables. Asthma prevalence was positively associated with Gini index, water supply and homicide rate, and inversely associated with the Human Development Index, crowding and adequate sanitation. This study provides evidence of the potential influence of poverty and social inequalities on current wheezing in adolescents in a complex social context like Latin America. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4ea3836604b462ba215ba8402b54dde2022-12-22T02:17:36ZengEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo CruzCadernos de Saúde Pública1678-44642015-11-0131112367237810.1590/0102-311X00101414S0102-311X2015001302367Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysisGisel Lorena FattoreCarlos Antonio de Souza Teles SantosMauricio Lima BarretoAbstract The prevalence of asthma is high in urban areas of many Latin-American countries where societies show high levels of inequality and different levels of development. This study aimed to examine the relationship between asthma symptoms prevalence in adolescents living in Latin American urban centers and socioeconomic and environmental determinants measured at the ecological level. Asthma prevalence symptoms were obtained from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) phase III. A hierarchical conceptual framework was defined and the explanatory variables were organized in three levels: distal, intermediate, proximal. Linear regression models weighed by sample size were undertaken between asthma prevalence and the selected variables. Asthma prevalence was positively associated with Gini index, water supply and homicide rate, and inversely associated with the Human Development Index, crowding and adequate sanitation. This study provides evidence of the potential influence of poverty and social inequalities on current wheezing in adolescents in a complex social context like Latin America.http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2015001302367&lng=en&tlng=enAsmaAdolescenteÁrea Urbana |
| spellingShingle | Gisel Lorena Fattore Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles Santos Mauricio Lima Barreto Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis Cadernos de Saúde Pública Asma Adolescente Área Urbana |
| title | Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis |
| title_full | Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis |
| title_short | Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban Latin America: an ecological analysis |
| title_sort | socioeconomic and environmental determinants of adolescent asthma in urban latin america an ecological analysis |
| topic | Asma Adolescente Área Urbana |
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