Abstract
Purpose of the Study. Inner-city minority children with asthma use emergency departments (EDs) frequently. This study examines whether maternal depressive symptoms are associated with this increased ED use. Study Population. Children in kindergarten to fifth grade from inner-city schools in Baltimore and Washington, DC, were eligible for enrollment in the study. Children from these schools were eligible if they had an asthma diagnosis listed on their health records and their mothers reported that they had 1) asthma diagnosed by a physician, 2) day or night asthma symptoms, including wheezing, shortness of breath, and/or a cough at least once a week during the past 2 weeks, …
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