Parent Nativity and Child Asthma Control in Families of Mexican Heritage: The Effects of Parent Depression and Social Support.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Research has repeatedly demonstrated that parent foreign nativity has a protective effect on child asthma outcomes among Mexican Americans, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are not well understood. The current study explored parent depression as a mediator and social support as a moderator of the parent nativity-child asthma control pathway.

Methods

Data come from the baseline sample of a trial (NCT02481986) testing community interventions for 223 children aged 5 to 16 with uncontrolled asthma. We focused on parent/child dyads of Mexican heritage (N = 165; mean age = 9.08, standard deviation = 2.94; 57.3% with Mexico-born parent). Asthma control was defined using the child and adult versions of the Asthma Control Test (ACT). Psychosocial factors incl

SUBMITTER: Weinstein SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483789 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature