Incorporating health outcomes into environmental justice research: The case of children's asthma and air pollution in Phoenix, Arizona |
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Authors: | Sara E. Grineski |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA |
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Abstract: | Asthma is a health condition that is also an environmental justice issue. Using an environmental justice frame, this paper explores socio-demographic, indoor hazard, and air quality factors that contribute to disparities in asthma hospitalizations. Multivariate Poisson regression models predicting asthma hospitalizations at the zip code level are employed to examine the case of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona (AZ). Controlling for socio-demographics, indoor hazards, and toxic releases from industry, ozone was the strongest predictor of asthma hospitalizations. This paper contributes to the project of inserting health measures into quantitative environmental justice studies. |
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Keywords: | Asthma Environmental justice Health disparities Children's health Phoenix, AZ |
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