Tenant Reports of In-Home Asthma Triggers and Adult Emergency Department Use

Is there an association between the neighborhood rate of tenant reports of in-home asthma triggers and adult asthma emergency department (ED) usage?In this cross-sectional study including 2406 asthma ED visits from 1698 patients, tenant-reported residential asthma triggers were significantly associated with adult asthma ED visit rates in Boston after adjusting for neighborhood characteristics and spatial autocorrelation.These results suggest that the continuing contribution of unhealthy housing to adult asthma burden and disparities requires renewed efforts to improve code enforcement and universal access to healthy housing.

Corresponding Author: Adam L. Haber, PhD, Department of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (ahaber@hsph.harvard.edu).

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