TY - JOUR
T1 - Applying epidemiologic concepts of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention to the elimination of racial disparities in asthma
AU - Joseph, Christine L.M.
AU - Williams, L. Keoki
AU - Ownby, Dennis R.
AU - Saltzgaber, Jacquelyn
AU - Johnson, Christine C.
N1 - Funding Information:
(Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc. and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation)
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Despite medical and scientific advances, racial and ethnic disparities persist in US asthma morbidity and mortality rates. Progress in the elimination of these disparities will involve disentangling the contribution of social constructs, such as race, socioeconomic status, and culture, from that of the physical environment and genetic susceptibility. One approach to reducing asthma disparities is through the traditional disease prevention stages of intervention. As such, primary prevention targets reductions in asthma incidence; secondary prevention is the mitigation of established disease and involves disease detection, management, and control; and tertiary prevention is the reduction of complications caused by severe disease. Once causative factors at each level of disease prevention are understood, this knowledge can be translated into clinical practice and public health policy.
AB - Despite medical and scientific advances, racial and ethnic disparities persist in US asthma morbidity and mortality rates. Progress in the elimination of these disparities will involve disentangling the contribution of social constructs, such as race, socioeconomic status, and culture, from that of the physical environment and genetic susceptibility. One approach to reducing asthma disparities is through the traditional disease prevention stages of intervention. As such, primary prevention targets reductions in asthma incidence; secondary prevention is the mitigation of established disease and involves disease detection, management, and control; and tertiary prevention is the reduction of complications caused by severe disease. Once causative factors at each level of disease prevention are understood, this knowledge can be translated into clinical practice and public health policy.
KW - Asthma
KW - Disease prevention
KW - Racial disparities
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.11.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16461121
AN - SCOPUS:31944437283
SN - 0091-6749
VL - 117
SP - 233
EP - 240
JO - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
JF - Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
IS - 2
ER -