Health Care for Asthmatic Children in Public Housing
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The Healthy Public Housing Initiative (HPHI) is a collaboration among a number of Boston-area universities (Boston University and Harvard University Schools of Public Health, and Tufts University School of Medicine), government...
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The Healthy Public Housing Initiative (HPHI) is a collaboration among a number of Boston-area universities (Boston University and Harvard University Schools of Public Health, and Tufts University School of Medicine), government agencies (Boston Housing Authority and Boston Public Health Commission), community partners (West Broadway and Franklin Hill Tenant Task Forces, Committee for Boston Public Housing), and consulting firms (Urban Habitat Initiatives, Peregrine Energy). A primary goal of HPHI is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing known asthma triggers and improving the health of pediatric asthmatics in public housing.
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Our intervention study enrolled 78 children (64% Hispanic, 33% African-American) from three public housing developments in Boston. Prior to the interventions, we conducted a detailed assessment of health status and risk factors...
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