Social, Cultural, And Environmental Theories Of Children With Asthma

Growing up with asthma since a very young age, I cannot participate in sports and have to take asthma medications every day. I get used to ensure my inhalers are in my bag before going anywhere and seasonal allergies following up with runny nose or nasal congestion. However I still feel lucky because many people who have more severe asthma were struggling with their schooling. For me, as I grow older, I learn to manage my medical situation. I try my best to avoid dusty places, cigarette smokers, and car exhausts. Although I was not able to do sports in school, I manage to run every week with my sister to conquer asthma. I found that the more time that I spent to warm up before running, the better I can keep my asthma from acting up. Even though

In an article entitled Interpersonal Influences on the Asthma Self-Management Skills of the Rural Adolescent, Quaranta, Wool, Logvis, Brown and Joshy (2014) sought to “understand how self-management behaviors of the adolescent with asthma are influenced by the perceived expectations (normative beliefs/subjective norms) for self-management behaviors from healthcare providers, school nurses, teachers, family and friends” (Quaranta, Wool, Logvis, Brown & Joshy, 2014, p. 97). Self-management behaviors were defined as “(a) knowledge and avoidance of triggers; (b) knowledge and proper use of medications; (c) ability to identify asthma warning signs; and (d) the ability to take appropriate actions” (Quaranta et al., 2014, p. 98). Quaranta et al. (2014) proposed that asthma management activities were more likely to occur if adequate asthma management expectations were clearly defined.

In this paper, I will explore asthma prevalence of children living in New York City. Asthma is an existing serious public health concern in inner cities and urban environments. Especially children with asthma from low SES families or minority groups face difficulties accessing health care, receiving high-quality continuous care, and preventative education. In other words, there is a disparity in the asthma prevalence and care in New York City.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, the symptoms of asthma are wheezing, coughing, shortness of bread, reversible airflow obstruction as well as bronchospasm in the airways. This disease can manifest from childhood through adulthood if is not well taking care of, also it can become life threatening. According to the article Asthma in US Mexican-Origin Children in Early Childhood: Differences in Risk and Protective Factors by Parental Nativity: Over 900,000 Mexican-origin children in the United States have asthma”. This article explains that there is a 50% chance for the children of Mexican-American origin, of being diagnosed with asthma. On the other hand during this investigation it was noted that: That one of the factors that increases

Asthma is a chronic disease of the lungs which impacts many cultures/communities at a disproportionate rate within New York City limits East Harlem for example. Socio-economic status seems to play a significant role in determining which social class groups and geographic locations such as 96th street where lower rates of asthmatics have been reported. Lower socio-economic groups have multiple issues East Harlem to the South Bronx are at-risk urban communities, the assumption being that there are inadequate

For today’s analysis, the author has chosen the subject matter of school-aged children that experiences asthma. Asthma is a silent killer; the mortality rate is on the rise. Asthma is a chronic condition that hits home for the author and family. The author’s daughter has chronic asthma and environmental factors advance her symptoms. Other times when the air quality is cleaner, her daughter’s asthma symptoms go into remission. Many adults are unaware of the risks from the first and second-hand smoke. For example, in the author’s previous home, second-hand smoking triggered her daughter’s asthma attacks. As a result, the author lost countless homework hours and dollars because her daughter required

History of Present Illness: Ms. Johnson is a very pleasant 66-year-old woman who was previously evaluated in this office by Elvira Aguila, MD for the diagnosis of asthma. She was last seen in January 2015. She states that overall, she has done well. However, over the last two to three weeks, she has noticed increasing shortness of breath as well as productive cough, rhinorrhea and postnasal drip. She states that she has been using her rescue inhaler above and beyond what is normal for her up to 10 times a day yesterday and she states that she has had some improvement in her symptoms with her short acting bronchodilator. She denies any fevers or chills.

The CDC reports that 6.8 million, or 9.3% of all children in the United States currently have asthma, making it the most common chronic childhood illness in the United States. It affects nearly 25% more boys than girls, and Non-Hispanic black children have nearly double the incidence of other ethnicities Also, 13% of children in poor families have asthma, compared to 8% of children in families that are not poor (CDC, 2012). Childhood asthma was responsible for 14 million lost school days in 2004 (Chipps, 2008). This paper discusses asthma and treatment as it pertains to a 13-year-old boy. Topics discussed include pathophysiology, growth and development concepts, patient assessment, management, interventions, patient and family teaching, and QSEN competencies.

As a county public health official you have a goal to Improve the county’s profile on RWJF’s County Health Rankings. To achieve this you are trying to outline a plan to address the high rates of childhood asthma in the community. Here is a case that illustrates the problems faced. Raeshawn is an 11-year-old African-American boy who experiences difficulty breathing during gym class at school. He’s had prior hospitalizations due to his asthma. He lives in a housing development with ongoing problems with roaches and rodents. He walks to school, which is near a major highway. His mother, a single mom, is a smoker and is working two jobs to support Raeshawn and his sisters. The family has no insurance, but is assisted by Medicaid. They have

According to Barnett and Nurmagambetov, from the time period of 2002-2007, 886 children under the age of 15 died due to asthma. Using the 2009 figure for value of an average life of any of those children, the grand total for loss of life in the world for just those 5 years is almost 1.2 billion dollars. (145-152) Child-onset asthma may not be the greatest killer of children to plaque this planet but it is a real and terrifying experience for both children and their parents. Mothers and fathers can fight against this illness but they need to know how to deal with asthma and what to do when an attack happens can help prevent these deaths from happening.

As my class arrived in the computer lab, I was tentative about whether or not to remark to the teacher that I was having breathing problems. Back then I was ten years old with Asthma ; I was extremely shy every time I had to interact with my peers. I was supposed to type a mini-essay for my computer class, but the lack of oxygen reaching my lungs made feel overwhelmed. At that instant, I decided to go up to the teacher to request to go to the nurse’s office because my throat was hurting. Surprisingly, she said I could wait because she didn’t see it as an emergency.

Have you ever wondered why the South of the Bronx have the highest rate of children with asthma? Well, the place matters, our social and physical environment determinates what kind of disease people are exposed to. Unnatural Causes presents on its episode Place Matters how the environment which people are in contact constantly affects people’s health. When it comes to health there is a lot of conditions that are related to our health status. Poverty, and the neighborhood are some of the factors make our environment healthy or unhealthy. According to the film there is a social pattern in the environment where we live that keep us unhealthy. It is hard for low income people change their way their live, to transform the economics of their community and to make their neighborhood safer. In fact, it becomes almost impossible to change the environment where less fortunate people live because nobody wants to invent into the community, and they have to carry with disparity. Violence, chronic stress and “poverty taxes” are some factors that influence our environment.

Climate change is now a widely-accepted fact. We know that the earth is changing, and not necessarily for the better. Air quality is worsening, temperatures are increasing and fluctuating, greenhouse gases are rampant, and plants are changing their behavior. All of these add up to increased and worsening cases of asthma in children. Children are already more prone to sickness and disease, and climate change is only making it worse. According to the World Health Organization, 80% of the climate change health burden falls on children less than 5 years old. How tough is climate change for kids with asthma? There are several issues that climate change creates for young asthmatics.

The hospital setting is a confusing and stressful environment for everyone, but especially to children who are admitted because of a chronic illness. When the words “pediatric chronic illness” is said, most people just think of the different types of cancers that children endure. Such as leukemia, which is a widely known type of pediatric cancer. But it is important to keep in mind the many other types of chronic illnesses that children may be experiencing. Haymon, Mahon, Turner, a group of professional medical experts who all carry a PhD under their belt and other certifications, gathered together and wrote a book focusing on five chronic illnesses examined in children, which are: pediatric asthma, Type 1 diabetes, juvenile idiopathic arthritis,

Caleb is a 10-year-old male here today with his mother with complaints of a cold and a sore throat.