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Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Asthma has become a public health issue since the 1960’s. Factors associated with asthma are environmental and genetic. This study is based on a random sample of 742 students aged 13–14 attending various schools at Polokwane, in the Province of Limpopo in South Africa. Survey logistic regression and...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19826548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092354 |
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description | Asthma has become a public health issue since the 1960’s. Factors associated with asthma are environmental and genetic. This study is based on a random sample of 742 students aged 13–14 attending various schools at Polokwane, in the Province of Limpopo in South Africa. Survey logistic regression and multi-level analyses were used for data analysis. The study identifies three key determinants of asthma at the district, school and individual levels. The study shows that persistent cough (OR = 4.01), exposure to smoke at the household level (OR = 2.39) and lack of access to flush toileta at the household level (OR = 1.89) are key predictors of asthma in children. Variability at the level of districts accounts for 46% of total variance. Variability at the level of schools accounts for 33% of total variance. |
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spelling | pubmed-27604142009-10-13 Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa Maluleke, Kidi Rose Worku, Zeleke Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Asthma has become a public health issue since the 1960’s. Factors associated with asthma are environmental and genetic. This study is based on a random sample of 742 students aged 13–14 attending various schools at Polokwane, in the Province of Limpopo in South Africa. Survey logistic regression and multi-level analyses were used for data analysis. The study identifies three key determinants of asthma at the district, school and individual levels. The study shows that persistent cough (OR = 4.01), exposure to smoke at the household level (OR = 2.39) and lack of access to flush toileta at the household level (OR = 1.89) are key predictors of asthma in children. Variability at the level of districts accounts for 46% of total variance. Variability at the level of schools accounts for 33% of total variance. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-09 2009-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2760414/ /pubmed/19826548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092354 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Maluleke, Kidi Rose Worku, Zeleke Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title | Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title_full | Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title_fullStr | Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title_short | Environmental Determinants of Asthma among School Children Aged 13–14 in and around Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa |
title_sort | environmental determinants of asthma among school children aged 13–14 in and around polokwane, limpopo province, south africa |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19826548 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6092354 |
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