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Article: Kickin' Asthma: school-based asthma education in an urban community.(Research Article)(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. 1,2 In the United States, approximately 12% of children younger than 18 years have been diagnosed with asthma. (3) Asthma is the leading cause of school absences due to a chronic disease and accounts for 3 times more lost school days than any other cause. (4,5) Asthma also is associated with low academic achievement and high likelihood of grade retention. (6-8)
Asthma has a substantial impact on urban school districts that serve a large proportion of nonwhite and impoverished children. (9) Asthma-related morbidity, as measured by school absences, hospitalizations, and outpatient emergency care, has been found ...