Unequal Housing Conditions And Code Enforcement Contribute To Asthma Disparities In Boston, Massachusetts.

ABSTRACT: Housing quality is a primary determinant of asthma disparities by race and social class in the US. We sought to assess how housing code enforcement systems in Boston, Massachusetts, address tenants' reports of asthma triggers. After adjustment for income and other neighborhood characteristics, racial demographics were significantly associated with asthma trigger incidence. For each 10 percent decrease in neighborhood proportion of White residents, trigger incidence increased by 3.14 reports per thousand residents. These disparities persisted during the study period (from 2011 through 2021), and for mold, which is an established asthma trigger, regressions showed that racial disparities are widening. The municipal response also demonstrated disparities: In neighborhoods with the fewest Whit

SUBMITTER: Lemire E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11901997 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature