Title

The Associations Between Victimization, Feeling Unsafe, and Asthma Episodes Among US High-School Students

Authors

Monica H. Swahn, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Robert M. BossarteFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2006

Abstract

We examined the associations between victimization, missed school because of feeling unsafe, and asthma episodes among US high-school students using the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Cross-sectional analyses on adolescents with asthma (n=1943) showed that any victimization and missed school because of feeling unsafe significantly increased the odds of having an asthma episode in the past year (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=1.45; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07, 1.95 and adjusted OR = 2.93; 95% CI = 1.90, 4.53, respectively). Victimization and feeling unsafe are important but poorly understood risk factors for asthma.

Comments

Originally published in the American Journal of Public Health vol. 96 iss. 5, 2006.

Copyright © American Journal of Public Health 2006

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066514

Recommended Citation

Swahn, Monica H. and Robert M. Bossarte. 2006. "The Associations Between Victimization, Feeling Unsafe, and Asthma Episodes Among US High-School Students." American Journal of Public Health. 96 (5): 802-804.