Association of Childhood Asthma With Federal Rental Assistance.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Millions of low-income children in the United States reside in substandard or unaffordable housing. Relieving these burdens may be associated with changes in asthma outcomes.

Objectives

To examine whether participation in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) rental assistance programs is associated with childhood asthma outcomes and to examine whether associations varied by program type (public housing, multifamily housing, or housing choice vouchers).

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study used data from the nationally representative National Health Interview Survey linked to administrative housing assistance records from January 1, 1999, to December 31, 2014. A total of 2992 children aged 0 to 17 years who were currently

SUBMITTER: Boudreaux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063540 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature