Improving Asthma Outcomes During Pregnancy in Underserved Communities

Alan Gandler; Edward S Schulman; Erika J Yoo

doi:10.1016/j.iac.2022.07.002

Improving Asthma Outcomes During Pregnancy in Underserved Communities

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;43(1):199-208. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2022.07.002. Epub 2022 Oct 28.

Authors

Alan Gandler¹, Edward S Schulman², Erika J Yoo³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 800 Walnut Street, 9th floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute, TJU and NJH, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 834 Walnut Street, Suite 650, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 36411005
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2022.07.002

Abstract

It is known that poor asthma control is common in pregnancy, and asthma in general disproportionally affects underserved communities. However, there is a paucity of data examining strategies to improve asthma control specifically among pregnant women from vulnerable populations. Identified barriers to optimal asthma care in other underserved groups include health literacy, financial constraints, cultural differences, and poor environmental controls. These deficiencies may also be targets for multimodal interventions geared toward improving asthma outcomes for underserved women during pregnancy.

Keywords: Asthma; Pregnancy; Underserved.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Asthma* / diagnosis
Asthma* / epidemiology
Asthma* / therapy
Female
Humans
Pregnancy