Abstract
Asthma is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The objective of this study was to determine whether the federal program Head Start in Dane County, Wisconsin, could be used as a mechanism to identify preschool-aged children with asthma. Five-year, cross-sectional survey of parents with children enrolled in Head Start. Investigator-administered asthma screening questionnaire to parents of enrolling Head Start children in Dane County, Wisconsin. Asthma prevalence and asthma-related health care use, including emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and medication usage, were measured using an asthma screening questionnaire developed by investigators. Information was gathered on 2215 children. The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma in the screened children was 15.8%. Parental reports of physician-diagnosed asthma were validated in a subset of 133 children, with a 98.5% confirmation rate. Independent risk factors for asthma included male gender (relative risk, 1.4) and African-American ethnicity (relative risk, 1.4). Asthma-related morbidity was substantial with 26.7% of identified children hospitalized for asthma and 54.5% with an emergency department visit during their lifetime. The majority of c...Continue Reading
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