Self-Management of Acute Asthma among Low-Income Urban Adults

Communication within low income families and the management of asthma.

This study examines the effects of communication between low income urban parents and children about a chronic disease on the extent to which parent and child effectively manage the illness. Four asthma communication factors were identified by principal component analysis. We found that mothers whose preferred language was Spanish, and families who were not receiving public assistance, communic...

Bullying, Victimization, and Self-Esteem in Low-Income, Urban Adolescents

Exercise and pregnancy outcome among urban, low-income, black women.

Few studies have focused on the association between maternal exercise and outcomes of pregnancy among low-income, Black women. The analysis reported here examines the associations between exercise before and during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes of preterm birth and low birth weight among a sample of urban, low-income, Black women. Women (N=922) were enrolled in this prospective cohort study ...

Costs related to promoting breastfeeding among urban low-income women.

OBJECTIVE To describe the costs of providing support to breastfeeding low-income women and compares costs to cost offsets of the intervention. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to promote breastfeeding among low-income women with full-term infants. SETTING A university hospital and a community hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. PARTICIPA...

Health status among low-income elderly persons: rural-urban differences.

This research compares the health status of low-income elderly persons in rural and urban areas. Using data from the Social Security Administration's 1973 national survey of low-income aged and disabled, the study demonstrates that the prevalence of many chronic disorders and impairments is significantly greater among the rural aged than for their cohorts in more urban areas. These differences ...