Recent Branch Publications

These citations are published CDC-authored articles related to asthma and indoor/outdoor air pollution. Names in bold indicate CDC Asthma and Community Health Branch authorship.

2023

Flanders WD, Nurmagambetov TA, Cornwell CR, Kosinski AS, Sircar K. Using Randomized Controlled Trials to Estimate the Effect of Community Interventions for Childhood Asthma. Preventing Chronic Disease 2023.

Kelly G, Idubor OI, Binney S, Schramm PJ, Mirabelli MC, Hsu J. The impact of climate change on asthma and allergic-immunologic disease. Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 2023.

McArdle CE, Dowling TC, Carey K, DeVies J, Johns D, Gates AL, Stein Z, van Santen KL, Radhakrishnan L, Kite-Powell A, Soetebier K, Sacks JD, Sircar K, Hartnett KP, Mirabelli MC. Asthma-Associated Emergency Department Visits During the Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episodes — United States, April– August 2023. MMWR 2023.

Meek HC, Aydin-Ghormoz H, Bush K, Muscatiello N, McArdle CE, Weng CX, Hoefer D, Hsu WH, Rosenberg ES. Notes from the Field: Asthma-Associated Emergency Department Visits During a Wildfire Smoke Event — New York, June 2023. MMWR 2023.

Michael R, Mirabelli MC, Vaidyanathan A. “Public health applications of historical smoke forecasts: An evaluation of archived BlueSky data for the coterminous United States, 2015–2018” Computers & Geosciences 2023.

Mirabelli MC, Flanders WD, Vaidyanathan A, Beavers DP, Gower WA. Air quality and fatal exacerbations of asthma among children in North Carolina. Epidemiology 2023.

Oakley LP, Hufstetler K, O’Shea J, Sharpe JD, McArdle C, et al. “Mpox Cases Among Cisgender Women and Pregnant Persons — United States, May 11–November 7, 2022” MMWR 2023.

Pate CA, Qin X, Johnson C, Zahran HS. “Asthma disparities among U.S. children and adults.” Journal of Asthma 2023.

Pennington AF, Vaidyanathan A, Ahmed FS, Manangan A, Mirabelli MC, Garrison IC, Sircar KD, Yip F, Flanders WD. Large-scale agricultural burning and cardiorespiratory emergency department visits in the U.S. state of Kansas. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023.

Sircar K, Briggs Hagen M, Prezzato E, Hsu J. Opportunities to monitor disparities in asthma and other respiratory diseases using public health data. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2023.

Vargo J, Lappe B, Mirabelli MC, Conlon KC. Social vulnerability in U.S. communities affected by wildfire smoke. Am J Public Health 2023.

Ye D, Gates A, Radhakrishnan L, Mirabelli MC, Flanders WD, Sircar K. “Changes in asthma emergency department visits in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic” Journal of Asthma 2023.

2022

Adjei S, Hong K, Molinari NM, Bull-Otterson L, Ajani UA,  Gundlapalli AV,  Harris AM, Hsu J, Kadri SS, Starnes J, Yeoman K, Boehmer TK. “Mortality Risk Among Patients Hospitalized Primarily for COVID-19 During the Omicron and Delta Variant Pandemic Periods — United States, April 2020–June 2022.” MMWR 2022.

Choudhary R, Idubor OI, et. al. “Factors Associated With Severe Illness in Patients Aged <21 Years Hospitalized for COVID-19”  Hospital Pediatrics 2022.

Cornwell CR, Hsu J, Tompkins LK, Pennington AF, Flanders WD, Sircar K. “Clinical outcomes among hospitalized US adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with or without COVID-19” Journal of Asthma 2022.

Cowan KN, Qin X, Ruiz Serrano K, Sircar K, Pennington AF. “Uncontrolled asthma and household environmental exposures in Puerto Rico” Journal of Asthma 2022.

Damon SA, Rupert DJ, Pryzby R. “Air Aware: Improving Use of an Existing Air Quality and Health Tool” Journal of Health Communication 2022.

Gillespie E, Schramm PJ, Hsu J. “U.S. public health response to climate change, for allergists-immunologists” Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2022.

Hennessee I, Shelus V, McArdle CE, et al. “Epidemiologic and clinical features of children and adolescents aged 18 years with Monkeypox — United States, May 17–September 24, 2022” MMWR 2022.

Huang YA, Yusuf H, Adamski A, Hsu J, Baggs J, Auf R, et al. “Association between thromboembolic events and COVID-19 infection within 30 days: a case-control study among a large sample of adult hospitalized patients in the United States, March 2020–June 2021” Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 2022.

Kompaniyets L, Bull-Otterson L, Boehmer TK, Baca S, Alvarez P, Hong K, Hsu J, Harris AM, Gundlapalli AV, Saydah S. “Post-COVID-19 symptoms and conditions among children and adolescents — United States, March 1, 2020–January 31, 2022” MMWR 2022.

Koyama AK, Koumans EH, Sircar K, Lavery A, Hsu J, Ryerson AB, Siegel DA. “Severe Outcomes, Readmission, and Length of Stay Among COVID-19 Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities” International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2022.

Koyama AK, Koumans EH, Sircar K, Lavery AM, Ko JY, Hsu J, Anderson KN, Siegel DA. “Mental health conditions and severe COVID-19 outcomes after hospitalization, United States” Emerging Infectious Diseases 2022.

Michael R, Mirabelli MC, Vaidyanathan A. “Public health applications of historical smoke forecasts: An evaluation of archived BlueSky data for the coterminous United States, 2015–2018” Computers & Geosciences 2022.

Mirabelli MC, Vaidyanathan A, Pennington AF, Ye D, Trenga CA. “Wildfire smoke and symptoms affecting mental health among adults in the U.S. state of Oregon” Preventive Medicine 2022.

Nurmagambetov TA. “How Much Does the United States Spend on Respiratory Diseases?” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2022.

Pate CA, Zahran HS, Malilay J, Hsu J. “The Shifting Prevalence of Asthma and Allergic Disease in United States Children.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2022.

Pennington AF. “Protect yourself from the health effects of air pollution” Future of Personal Health 2022.

Qin X, Zahran HS, Leon-Nguyen M, Kilmer G, Collins P, Welch P,  Malilay J. “Trends in Asthma-Related School Health Policies and Practices in the US States” Journal of School Health 2022.

Tompkins LK, Pennington AF, Sircar KD, Mirabelli MC. “Communication channels for receiving air quality alerts among adults in the United States” Preventive Medicine Reports 2022.

Twentyman E, Wallace M, Roper LE, Anderson TC, Rubis AB, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hall E, Hsu J, et al. “Interim recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine in persons aged ≥18 years — United States, July 2022” MMWR 2022.

Wanga V, Shi DS, Choudhary R, Megan E, Gerdes ME, Dulski TM, Ko JY, Koumans EH, Idubor OI, et al.  “Characteristics and clinical outcomes of children and adolescents aged 18 years hospitalized with COVID-19 — Six hospitals, United States, July–August 2021” MMWR 2022.

2021

Boehmer TK,  Kompaniyets L, Lavery AM, Hsu J, Ko JY, Yusuf H, Romano SD, Gundlapalli AV, Oster ME, Harris AM. “Association Between COVID-19 and Myocarditis Using Hospital-Based Administrative Data — United States, March 2020–January 2021.” MMWR 2021.

Conley A, Cruz MA, Thoroughman D, Casey-Lockyer M, Malilay J. “Shelter-based Surveillance Systems in Post-Disaster Settings” in Disaster Epidemiology Resource Guide [PDF – 47 MB], CSTE 2021.

Cornwell CR, Hsu J, Tompkins LK, Pennington AF, Flanders WD, Sircar K. “Clinical outcomes among hospitalized US adults with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with or without COVID-19.” Journal of Asthma 2021.

Cowan KN, Pennington AF, Gregory T, Hsu J. “Impact of hurricanes on children with asthma: a systematic literature review.” Disaster Medicine and  Public Health Preparedness 2021.

Cowan KN, Pennington AF, Sircar K, Flanders WD. “Asthma-related emergency department visits in North Carolina following Hurricane Irene.” Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021.

Guo Z, Qin X, Pate CA, Zahran HS, Malilay J. “Asthma Among Adults and Children by Urban-Rural Classification Scheme, United States, 2016-2018.” Public Health Reports, 2021.

Hsu J. “US public health resources for coronavirus disease 2019 that are relevant to allergy-immunology.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2021.

Humeyestewa D, Burke RM, Kaur H, Vicenti D, Jenkins R, Yatabe G, Hirschman J, Hamilton J, Fazekas K, Leslie G, Sehongva G, Honanie K, Tu’tsi E, Mayer O, Rose MA, Diallo Y, Damon S, Pao L, McCraw HM, Talawyma B, Herne M,  Nuvangyaoma TL, Welch S, Balajee SA. “COVID-19 response by the Hopi Tribe: impact of systems improvement during the first wave on the second wave of the pandemic.” BMJ Global Health 2021.

Kompaniyets L, Agathis NT, Nelson JM, Preston LE, Ko JY, Belay B, Pennington AF, Danielson ML, DeSisto CL, Chevinsky JR, Schieber LZ, Yusuf H, Baggs J, Mac Kenzie WR, Wong KK, Boehmer TK, Gundlapalli AV, Goodman AB. “Underlying medical conditions associated with severe COVID-19 illness among children.” JAMA 2021.

Kompaniyets L, Pennington AF, Goodman AB, Rosenblum HG, Belay B, Ko JY, Chevinsky JR, Schieber LZ, Summers AD, Lavery AM, Preston LE, Danielson ML, Cui Z, Namulanda G, Yusuf H, Mac Kenzie WR, Wong KK, Baggs J, Boehmer TK, Gundlapalli AV. “Underlying medical conditions and severe illness among 540,667 adults hospitalized with COVID-19, March 2020 – March 2021.” Preventing Chronic Disease 2021.

Lynch KM, Mirabelli MC. “Air quality awareness, perceptions, and behaviors among U.S. youth aged 12–17 years with and without asthma.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2021

Lynch KM, Mirabelli MC. “Outdoor air quality awareness, perceptions, and behaviors among U.S. children aged 12–17 years, 2015–2018.” Journal of Adolescent Health 2021.

Pate CA, Zahran HS, Qin X, Johnson C, Hummelman E, Malilay J. “Asthma Surveillance — United States, 2006–2018.” MMWR 2021.

Pennington AF, Hsu J, Sircar K, Mirabelli MC, Zahran HS. “Daycare attendance and asthma control, Asthma Call-back Survey 2012-2014.” Journal of Asthma 2021.

Perkins AN, Bradley A, Magaldi J. “Case analyses of state-sponsored asthma quality improvement interventions – benefits and technical assistance efforts.” Journal of Asthma 2021.

Qin X, Zahran HS, Leon-Nguyen M, Kilmer G, Collins P, Welch P, Malilay J. “Trends in Asthma-Related School Health Policies and Practices in the US States.” Journal of School Health 2021.

Rose AN, Baggs J, Wolford H, Neuhauser MM, Srinivasan A, Gundlapalli AV, Reedy S, Kompaniyets L, Pennington AF, Grigg C, Kabbani S. “Trends in antibiotic use in United States hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.” Open Forum Infect Disease 2021.

Schramm, PJ, Brown, CL, Saha, S, Conlon, KC, Manangan, AP, Bell, JE, Hess, JJ. “A systematic review of the effects of temperature and precipitation on pollen concentrations and season timing, and implications for human health.” International Journal of Biometeorology 2021.

Schramm PJ, Cordero A, Protzel-Berman P, McCoy T, Gaines C, Svendsen E, Malilay J, Yip F, Sarisky J, Allwood P, Breysse P. “Building a Comprehensive Approach to Address the Health Effects of Climate Change in CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health.” The Journal of Climate Change and Health 2021.

Shrestha SS, Kompaniyets L, Grosse SD, Harris AM, Baggs J, Sircar K, Gundlapalli AV. “Estimation of COVID-19 Hospitalization Costs from a Large Electronic Administrative Discharge Database, March 2020 – July 2021” Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Siegel DA, Reses HE, Cool AJ, Shapiro CN, Hsu J, Boehmer TK,  Cornwell CR, Gray EB, Henley SJ, Lochner K, Suthar AB, Lyons BC, Mattocks L, Hartnett K, Adjemian J, van Santen KL, Sheppard M, Soetebier KA, Logan P, Martin M, Idubor O, Natarajan P, Sircar K, Oyegun E, Dalton J, Perrine CG, Peacock G, Schweitzer B, Morris SB, Raizes E. “Trends in COVID-19 Cases, Emergency Department Visits, and Hospital Admissions Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0–17 Years — United States, August 2020–August 2021.” MMWR 2021.

Smorodinsky S, Wilken J, Barreau T, Duncan MA, Shumate A, Brinker K, Thomasson E, Hsu J. “Assessment of Chemical Exposures” in Disaster Epidemiology Resource Guide [PDF – 47 MB], CSTE 2021.

Swann JL, Griffin PM, Keskinocak P, Bieder I, Yildirim FM, Nurmagambetov T, Hsu J, Seeff L, Singleton CM. “Return on investment of self-management education and home visits for children with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2021.

Tompkins LK, Gun JKL, Cherney B et al. “Mass SARS-CoV-2 Testing in a Dormitory-Style Correctional Facility in Arkansas.” American Journal of Public Health 2021.

Wanga V, Gerdes ME, Idubor OI, et al. “Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with COVID-19 — Six Hospitals, United States, July–August 2021.” MMWR 2021.

Wilce M, Fierro LA, Gill S, Perkins A, Kuwahara R, Barrera-Disler S, Orians C, Codd H, Castleman AM, Nurmagambetov T, Anand M. “Planting the Seeds for High-Quality Program Evaluation in Public Health.” Atlanta: 2021.

2020

Chen J, Dignam T, Yip F, García BR, Blanton C, Brown MJ, Sircar K. “Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Alarms in Households With Children, Puerto Rico, 2010.” Journal of Primary Prevention 2020.

Cornwell CR, Egan KB, Zahran HS, Mirabelli MC, Hsu J, Chew GL. “Associations of blood lead levels with asthma and blood eosinophils in US children.” Pediatric Allergy Immunology 2020.

Cowan KN, Qin X, Serrano KR, Sircar K, Pennington AF. “Uncontrolled asthma and household environmental exposures in Puerto Rico.” Journal of Asthma 2020.

Damon SA, Chew GL. “Mold Cleanup Practices Vary by Sociodemographic and Allergy Factors,” Journal of Environmental Health 2020.

Dawson P, Rabold EM, Laws RL, Conners EE, Gharpure R, Yin S, Buono SA, Dasu T, Bhattacharyya S, Westergaard RP, Pray IW, Ye D, Nabity SA, Tate JE, Kirking HL. “Loss of taste and smell as distinguishing symptoms of COVID-19.” Clinical Infectious Disease 2020.

Gardner E, Kaplan B, Collins P, Zahran H. “Breathe Well, Live Well: Implementing an Adult Asthma Self-Management Education Program,” Health Promotion Practice 2020.

Hsu J. “US public health resources for coronavirus disease 2019 that are relevant to allergy-immunology.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2020.

Hsu J, Qin X, Mirabelli MC, Flanders WD. “Medicaid Expansion, Health Insurance Coverage, and Cost Barriers to Care Among Low-Income Adults with Asthma: The Adult Asthma Call-Back Survey” Journal of Asthma 2020.

Jones, HM, Quintana AV, Trtanj J, Balbus J, Schramm P, Saha S, Castranio T,  Di Liberto TE.  “Developing an Experimental Climate and Health Monitor and Outlook.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2020.

Joseph G, Schramm PJ, Vaidyanathan A, Breysse P, Goodwin B. “Evidence on the Use of Indoor Air Filtration as an Intervention for Wildfire Smoke Pollutant Exposure [PDF – 3.61 MB]”  BRACE Technical Report Series 2020.

Lavery AM, Preston LE, Ko JY, Chevinsky JR, DeSisto CL, Pennington AF,  Kompaniyets L, Datta SD, Click ES, Golden T, Goodman AB, Mac Kenzie WR, Boehmer TK, Gundlapalli AV. “Characteristics of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged and Experiencing Same-Hospital Readmission — United States, March–August 2020.” MMWR 2020.

Lynch KM, Mirabelli MC. “Outdoor Air Quality Awareness, Perceptions, and Behaviors Among U.S. Children Aged 12–17 Years, 2015–2018.” Journal of Adolescent Health 2020.

Mirabelli MC, Ebelt S, Damon SA. “Air Quality Index and air quality awareness among adults in the United States” Environmental Research 2020.

Navarro K., Vaidyanathan A.  “Notes from the Field : Understanding Smoke Exposure in Communities and Fire Camps Affected by Wildfires: A Summary of CDC’s Response to Two Major Wildfires–California and Oregon, 2020.” MMWR 2020.

Pennington AF, Hsu J, Sircar K, Mirabelli MC, Zahran HS. “Daycare attendance and asthma control, Asthma Call-back Survey 2012-2014” Journal of Asthma 2020.

Pennington AF, Kompaniyets L, Summers AD,  Danielson ML, Goodman AB, Chevinsky JR, Preston LE, Schieber LZ, Namulanda G, Courtney J, Strosnider HM,  Boehmer TK, Mac Kenzie WR, Baggs J, Gundlapalli AV. “Risk of clinical severity by age and race/ethnicity among adults hospitalized for COVID-19 — United States, March–September 2020.” Open Forum Infectious Disease 2020.

Qin X, Zahran HS,  Malilay J. “Asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and post-ED visit hospital and critical care admissions, National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2010–2015” Journal of Asthma 2020.

Roca-Barcelo A, Crabbe H, Ghosh R, Freni-Sterrantino A, Fletcher T, Leonardi G, Hoge C, Hansell AL, Piel FB.  “Temporal trends and demographic risk factors for hospital admissions due to carbon monoxide poisoning in England” Preventive Medicine 2020.

Schramm PJ, Ahmed M, Siegel H, Donatuto J, Campbell L, Raab K, Svendsen E. “Climate Change and Health: Local Solutions to Local Challenges”  Current Environmental Health Reports 2020.

Schramm PJ, Al Janabi AL, Campbell LW, Donatuto JL, Gaughen SC. “How Indigenous Communities Are Adapting To Climate Change: Insights From The Climate-Ready Tribes Initiative.” Journal of Health Affairs 2020.

Shire J, Vaidyanathan A, Lackovic M, Bunn T. “Association between Work‐Related Hyperthermia Emergency Department Visits and Ambient Heat in Five Southeastern States, 2010‐2012—a Case‐Crossover Study.” GeoHealth 2020.

Vaidyanathan A, Malilay J, Schramm P, Saha S. “Heat-Related Deaths — United States, 2004–2018.” MMWR 2020.

2019

Chow NA, Toda M, Pennington AF, Chew GL et al. “Hurricane-Associated Mold Exposures Among Patients at Risk for Invasive Mold Infections After Hurricane Harvey — Houston, Texas, 2017.” MMWR 2019; 68:469–473.

Diao M, Holloway T, Choi S, O’Neill SM, Al-Hamdan MZ, Van Donkelaar A, Martin RV, Jin X, Fiore AM, Henze DK, Lacey F, Kinney PL, Freedman F, Larkin NK, Zou Y, Kelly JT, Vaidyanathan A.   “Methods, availability, and applications of PM2.5 exposure estimates derived from ground measurements, satellite, and atmospheric models.” Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 2019.

Herman E, Beavers S, Hamlin B, Thaker K. “Is It Time for a Patient-Centered Quality Measure of Asthma Control?” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 2019.

Hu Y, Ai HH, Odman MT, Vaidyanathan A, Russell AG. “Development of a WebGIS-Based Analysis Tool for Human Health Protection from the Impacts of Prescribed Fire Smoke in Southeastern USA.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019; 16: 1981.

Irvin-Barnwell EA, Cruz M, Maniglier-Poulet C, Cabrera J, Rivera Diaz J, De la Cruz Perez R, Forrester C, Shumate A, Mutter J, Graziano L, Rivera Gonzalez L, Malilay J, Raheem M. “Evaluating disaster damages and operational status of health-care facilities during the emergency response phase of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.” Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2019; 29:1-9.

Lauriola P, Leonard, G, Righ E, Bayleyeg TM, Schnall AH, Malilay J, Louca S, Behbod B, “Natural Disaster—Environmental Health Preparedness.” In: Nriagu J. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. Elsevier, vol. 4, pp. 563–573. 2019.

Lewis LM, Johnson T, Lozier M, Zahran HS.  “Health communications: provider assessment of asthma control.” Journal of Asthma 2019; 56:12: 1288-1293.

Lewis LM, Mirabelli MC, Beavers SF, Kennedy CM, Shriber J, Stearns D, Morales González JJ, Santiago MS, Félix IM, Ruiz-Serrano K, Dirlikov E, Lozier MJ, Sircar K, Flanders WD, Rivera-García B, Irizarry-Ramos J,   Bolaños-Rosero B. “Characterizing environmental asthma triggers and healthcare use patterns in Puerto Rico.” Journal of Asthma, 2019.

Liu Y, Saha S, Hoppe BO, Convertino M. “Degrees and dollars – Health costs associated with suboptimal ambient temperature exposure.” Science of the Total Environment. 2019; 678: 702-711.

Nurmagambetov TA, Krishnan JA. “What Will Uncontrolled Asthma Cost in the United States?”  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2019.

Pate CA, Qin X, Bailey CM, Zahran HS. “Cost barriers to asthma care by health insurance type among children with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2019.

Pate CA, Zahran HS, Bailey CM. “Impaired health-related quality of life and related risk factors among US adults with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2019; 56(4): 1–9.

Pennington AF, Sircar K, Hsu J, Zahran HS, Damon SA, Mirabelli MC.  “Communication channels for air quality alerts in the United States.” Preventive Medicine Reports 2019; 14.

Qin X, Bailey CM, Zahran HS.  “Comparison response patterns on landline and cell phone in a call back survey: effects of demographic characteristics and lag days.” Survey Insights: Methods from the Field. 2019.

Rozwadowski FM, Chew GL, Zahran HS,  Santorelli ML. “Assessing Indoor Environmental Control Practices by Race/Ethnicity Among Children With Asthma in 14 US States and Puerto Rico, 2013–2014.” Preventing Chronic Disease 2019; 16: E166.

Stevens S, Schreck C, Saha S, Bell J, Kunkel K. “Precipitation and fatal motor vehicle crashes: continental analysis with high-resolution radar data.”  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2019.

Swann JL, Griffin PM, Keskinocak P, Bieder I, Yildirim FM, Nurmagambetov T, Hsu J, Seeff L, Singleton CM. “Return on investment of self-management education and home visits for children with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2019.

Vaidyanathan A, Saha S, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Gasparrini A, Abdurehman N, Jordan R, Hawkins M, Hess J, Elixhause A. “Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019; 116 (12): 5420-5427.

2018

Angel JC, Swanston BM, Boustead KC, Conlon KR, Hall JL, Jorns KE, Kunkel MC, Lemos B, Lofgren TA, Ontl J, Posey K, Stone G, Takle, Todey D. “Chapter 21: Midwest.” 2018. In Reidmiller DR, Avery CW, Easterling DR, Kunkel KE, Lewis KLM, Maycock TK, Stewart BC (eds.) Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC.

Ashman JJ, Rui P, DeFrances CJ. “QuickStats: Percentage of All Emergency Department (ED) Visits Made by Patients with Asthma, by Sex and Age Group.” MMWR 2018; 67(5); 167.

Carter LA, Terando K, Dow K, Hiers KE, Kunkel A, Lascurain D, Marcy M, Osland, Schramm P.. “Chapter 19: Southeast.” 2018. In Reidmiller DR, Avery CW, Easterling DR, Kunkel KE, Lewis KLM, Maycock TK, Stewart BC (eds.) Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC.

Coombs K, Taft D, Ward D, Green BJ, Chew GL, Shamsaei B, Meller J, Indugula R, Reponen T. “Variability of indoor fungal microbiome of green and non-green low-income homes in Cincinnati, Ohio.” Science of the Total Environment 2018; 610-611: 212-218.

Ebi KL, Balbus JM, Luber G, Bole A, Crimmins A, Glass G, Saha S, Shimamoto MM, Trtanj J, White-Newsome JL “Chapter 14: Human Health.” 2018. In Reidmiller DR, Avery CW, Easterling DR, Kunkel KE, Lewis KLM, Maycock TK, Stewart BC (eds.) Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II.. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC.

Hsu J, Chen J, Mirabelli MC. “Asthma Morbidity, Comorbidities, and Modifiable Factors among Older Adults.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2018; 6:236-43.

Lay CR, Mills D, Belova A, Sarofim MC, Kinney PL, Vaidyanathan A, Jones R, Hall R, Saha S. “Emergency Department Visits and Ambient Temperature: Evaluating the Connection and Projecting Future Outcomes.”  GeoHealth 2018.

Mirabelli MC, Boehmer TK, Damon SA, Sircar KD, Wall HK, Yip FY, Zahran HS, Garbe, PL.  “Air Quality Awareness Among U.S. Adults With Respiratory and Heart Disease.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2018; 54 (5): 679-687.

Mirabelli MC, Damon SA, Beavers SF, Sircar KD. “Patient–Provider Discussions About Strategies to Limit Air Pollution Exposures.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2018.

Moritz E, Austin C, Wahl M, DesLauriers C, Navon L, Walblay K, Hendrickson M, Phillips A, Kerins J, Pennington AF, Lavery AM, El Zahran T, Kauerauf J, Yip L, Thomas J, Layden J. “Outbreak of Severe Illness Linked to the Vitamin K Antagonist Brodifacoum and Use of Synthetic Cannabinoids — Illinois, March–April 2018.” MMWR 2018; 67 (21): 607-608.

Nurmagambetov T, Kuwahara R, Garbe P. “The Economic Burden of Asthma in the United States, 2008 – 2013.” Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018.

Pate CA, Zahran HS, Bailey CM. “Impaired health-related quality of life and related risk factors among US adults with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2018.

Vaidyanathan A, Fuyuen Yip F, Garbe P. “Developing an online tool for identifying at-risk populations to wildfire smoke hazards.” Science of the Total Environment 619–620. 2018:376–383.

Zahran HS, Bailey CM, Damon SA, Garbe PL, Breysse PN. “Vital Signs: Asthma in Children — United States, 2001–2016.” MMWR 2018; 67(5):149–155.

2017

Ashley PJ, Freemer M, Garbe P, Rowson D. “Coordinated Federal Actions Are Needed to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Asthma.” Journal of Public Health Management Practice. 2017: 23(2):207-209.

Burrer SL, Fechter-Leggett E, Bayleyegn T, Mark-Carew M, Thomas C, Bixler D, Noe RS, Hsu J, Haddy L, and A Wolkin. “Assessment of Impact and Recovery Needs in Communities Affected by the Elk River Chemical Spill – West Virginia, April 2014. [PDF – 390 KB]” Public Health Reports. 2017; XX1-8.

Coombs K, Taft D, Ward D, Green BJ, Chew GL, Shamsaei B, Meller J, Indugula R, Reponen T. “Variability of indoor fungal microbiome of green and non-green low-income homes in Cincinnati, Ohio.” Science of the Total Environment.

Gold DR, Adamkiewicz G, Arshad SH, Celedon JC, Chapman MD, Chew GL, Cook DN, Custovic A, Gehring U, Gern JE, Johnson CC, Kennedy S, Koutrakis P, Leaderer B, Mitchell H, Litonjua AA, Mueller GA, O’Connor GT, Ownby D, Phipatanakul W, Persky V, Perzanowski MS, Ramsey CD, Salo PM, Schwaninger JM, Sordillo JE, Spira A, Suglia SF, Togias A, Zeldin DC, Matsui EC.. “NIAID, NIEHS, NHLBI, and MCAN Workshop Report: The indoor environment and childhood asthma-implications for home environmental intervention in asthma prevention and management.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2017; 140(4): 933-949.

Hsu J, Del Rosario MC, Thomasson E, Bixler D, Haddy L, Duncan MA. “Hospital Impact After a Chemical Spill That Compromised the Potable Water Supply: West Virginia, January 2014.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2017.

Ran T, Nurmagambetov T, Sircar K. “Economic implications of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States and the cost and benefit of CO detectors.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017,

Reagan-Steiner S, Simeone R, Simon E, Bhatnagar J, Oduyebo T, Free R, Denison AM, Rabeneck DB, Ellington S, Petersen E, Gary J, Hale G, Keating MK, Martines RB, Muehlenbachs A, Ritter J, Lee E, Davidson A, Conners E, Scotland S, Sandhu K, Bingham A, Kassens E, Smith L, St George K, Ahmad N, Tanner M, Beavers S, Miers B, VanMaldeghem K, Khan S, Rabe I, Gould C, Meaney-Delman D, Honein MA, Shieh WJ, Jamieson DJ, Fischer M, Zaki SR, US Zika Pregnancy Registry Collaboration, Epidemiology Zika Virus Response, and Team Surveillance Task Force Pathology. ‘Evaluation of Placental and Fetal Tissue Specimens for Zika Virus Infection – 50 States and District of Columbia, January-December, 2016’, MMWR, 2017; 66(24);636–643.

Redman SD, Fromknecht CQ, Hodge S, Rocha L, Brady JE, Issa A, Sircar K, Bayleyegn T, Noe RS. “Death Scene Investigation After Natural Disaster or Other Weather-Related Events Toolkit.” 2017. [PDF – 1.34 MB]

Schnall A, Law, R, Heinzerling A, Sircar K, Damon S, Yip F, Schier J, Bayleyegn T, Wolkin A. “Characterization of Carbon Monoxide Exposure During Hurricane Sandy and Subsequent Nor’easter.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2017; 11 (5): 562-567.

Schussler E, Sobel J, Hsu J, Yu P, Meaney-Delman D, Grammer LC, Nowak-Węgrzyn A. “Allergic reactions to botulinum antitoxin: a systematic review.” Clinical Infectious Disease. 2017; S65–S72.

Sircar S, Stearns D. “Post-Disaster Carbon Monoxide Surveillance” in Horney J. Disaster Epidemiology: Methods and Applications.

Thomasson ED, Scharman EJ, Fechter-Leggett E, Bixler D, Ibrahim S, Duncan MA, Hsu J, Scott M, Wilson S, Pizon AF, Burrer S, Wolkin A, Lewis L, and L Haddy. “Acute Health Effects Associated with the Elk River Chemical Spill — West Virginia, 2014[PDF – 259 KB].” Public Health Reports. 2017; XX1-7.

Ying Z, Nurmagambetov T, McCord M, Hsu W-H. “Economic Valuation of Selected Illnesses in Environmental Public Health Tracking.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 2017; 23: S18–S27. abstract.

Yip F, Christensen B, Sircar K, Naeher L, Bruce N, Pennise D, Lozier M, Pilishvili T, Farrar J, Stanistreet D, Nyagol R, Muoki J, de Beer L, Sage M, Kapil V. “Traditional and Improved Stove Use on Household Air Pollution and Personal Exposures in Rural Western Kenya.” Environment International. 2017; 99:185–191.

Zahran HS, Bailey CM, Qin X, Johnson C. “Long-term control medication use and asthma control status among children and adults with asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2017.

CDC-funded:

Anarella JP, Wagner VL, McCauley SG, Mane JB, Waniewski PA. “Eliminating Disparities in Asthma Care: Identifying Broad Challenges in Quality Improvement.” American Journal of Medical Quality 2017 32 (6): 598-604.

Francisco B, Rood, T, Nevel R, Foreman P, Homan S. “Teaming Up for Asthma Control: EPR-3 Compliant School Program in Missouri Is Effective and Cost-Efficient.” Prev Chronic Dis 2017; 14:170003.

Major JL, Boese GW. “Cross Section of Legislative Approaches to Reducing Indoor Dampness and Mold.” J Public Health Management & Practice 2017; 23 (4): 388–395.

2016

Byers N, Ritchey M, Vaidyanathan A, Brandt A, Yip F. “Short-term effects of ambient air pollutants on asthma-related emergency department visits in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007-2011.” Journal of Asthma. 2016; 53:245-252.

Chew GL, Horner WE, Kennedy K, Grimes C, Barnes CS, Phipatanakul W, Larenas-Linnemann D, Miller JD, Environmental Allergens Workgroup. “Procedures to assist healthcare providers to determine when home assessments for potential mold exposure are warranted.” J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2016; 4:417-22. Abstract.

Chew GL, Saha, S. “Impacts of Climate Change on Indoor Allergens”. In: Impacts of Climate Change on Allergens and Allergic Diseases Edited by PJ Beggs, Cambridge University Press. Cambridge UK (2016).

Coombs KC, Chew GL, Schaffer C, Ryan PH, Brokamp C, Grinshpun SA, Adamkiewicz G, Chillrud S, Hedman C, Colton M, Ross J; Reponen T. “Indoor air quality in green-renovated vs. non-green low-income homes of children living in a temperate region of US (Ohio).” Science of the total environment 2016; 554-555, 178-85.

Dodd, KE, Mazurek JM. “Asthma Among Employed Adults, by Industry and Occupation — 21 States, 2013.” MMWR 2016; 65(47);1325–1331.

Flanders WD, Klein M, Mirabelli MC. “Conditions for valid estimation of causal effects on prevalence in cross-sectional and other studies.” Ann Epidemiol 2016; 26:389-394. Abstract.

Gill S, Kuwahara R, Wilce M. “Through a Culturally Competent Lens: Why the Program Evaluation Standards Matter.”[PDF – 228 KB] Health Promot Pract. 2016; 17(1): 5-8.

Heinzerling A, Hsu J, Yip F. “Respiratory Health Effects of Ultrafine Particles in Children: A Literature Review.” Water Air Soil Pollut. 2016. Abstract.

Hsu J, Qin X, Beavers SF, Mirabelli MC. “Asthma-Related School Absenteeism, Morbidity, and Modifiable Factors.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2016.

Hsu J, Wilhelm N, Lewis L, Herman E. “Economic Evidence for US Asthma Self-Management Education and Home-Based Interventions.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in Practice.

Lozier MJ, Sircar K, Christensen B, Pillarisetti A, Pennise D, Bruce N, Stanistreet D, Naeher L, Pilishvili T, Loo Farrar J, Sage M, Nyagol R, Muoki J, Wofchuck T, Yip F. “Use of Temperature Sensors to Determine Exclusivity of Improved Stove Use and Associated Household Air Pollution Reductions in Kenya.” Environ Sci Technol. 2016; 50(8):4564-71.

Lucas IR, Kowalski P, Callahan DB, Noonan GP, Moffett DB, Olson DR, Malilay J. “Formaldehyde levels in traditional and portable classrooms: A pilot investigation.” J Env Health. 2016; 78:8-14.

Mirabelli MC, Hsu J, Gower WA. “Comorbidities of asthma in U.S. children.” Respiratory Medicine 2016; 116:34-40. Abstract

Mirabelli, MC, Preisser JS, Loehr R, Agarwal SK, Barr RG, Couper DJ, Hankinson JL, NHyun, Folsom AR, London SJ. “Lung function decline over 25 years of follow-up among black and white adults in the ARIC study cohort.” Respir Med 2016; 113:57-64. Abstract

Mirabelli MC, Vaidyanathan A, Flanders WD, Qin X, Garbe P. “Outdoor PM2.5, Ambient Air Temperature, and Asthma Symptoms in the Past 14 Days among Adults with Active Asthma.” Environ Health Perspect 2016.

Nurmagambetov T, Khavjou O, Murphy L, Orenstein D. “State-level medical and absenteeism cost of asthma in the United States.” Journal of Asthma 2016.

Nuss HN, Hester LL, Perry MA, Stewart-Briley C, Collins P. “Applying the Social Ecological Model to Creating Asthma Friendly Schools in Louisiana.” J School Health 2016; 86:225–232.

CDC-funded:

Roberts JR, Newman N, McCurdy LE, Chang JS, Salas MA, Eskridge B, DeYbarrondo L, Sandel M, Mazur L, Karr CJ. “Integrating Environmental Management of Asthma into Pediatric Health Care: What Worked and What Still Needs Improvement?” Clinical Pediatrics 2016: (55)14: 1271-1278.

2015

Byers N, Ritchey M, Vaidyanathan A, Brandt A, Yip F. “Short-term effects of ambient air pollutants on asthma-related emergency department visits in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007–2011.” Journal of Asthma 2015.

Chiu CH, Lozier MJ, Bayleyegn T, Tait K, Barreau T, Copan L, Roisman R, Jackson R, Smorodinsky S, Kreutzer RA, Yip F, Wolkin A. “Geothermal Gases—Community Experiences, Perceptions, and Exposures in Northern California.” J Environmental Health. 2015: 78 (5): 14–21. Abstract.

Cui W, Zack MM, Zahran HS. “Health-Related Quality of Life and Asthma among United States Adolescents.” J Pediatrics. 2015; 166(2):358-64.

Damon SA, Tardif RR. “Asthma education: different viewpoints elicited by qualitative and quantitative methods.”[PDF – 367 KB] J Asthma. 2015; 52(3): 314–317.

El Burai Félix S, Bailey CM, Zahran HS. “Asthma prevalence among Hispanic adults in Puerto Rico and Hispanic adults of Puerto Rican descent in the United States – results from two national surveys.” J Asthma. 2015; 52(1):3-9.

Gervin D, Gill S, Kuwahara R, Lane R, Moeti R, Wilce M. “Practical Strategies for Culturally Competent Evaluation” [PDF – 705 KB]. 2015.

Lozier MJ, Boyd M, Stanley C, Ogilvie L, King E, Martin C, Lewis L. “Acetyl fentanyl, a novel fentanyl analog, causes 14 overdose deaths in Rhode Island, March – May 2013.” J Med Toxicol. 2015; 11(2):208-17.

Mazurek JM, White GE,Moorman JE, Storey E. “Patient-physician communication about work-related asthma: what we do and do not know.” Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015; 114(2):97-102.

Mirabelli MC, Beavers SF, Shepler SH, Chatterjee AB. “Age at asthma onset and asthma self-management education among adults in the United States.” J Asthma. 2015; 17:1-7.

Mirabelli MC, Golan R, Greenwald R, Raysoni AU, Holguin F, Kewada P, Winquist A, Flanders WD, Sarnat JA. “Modification of traffic-related respiratory response by asthma control in a panel of car commuters.” Epidemiology 2015; 26:546-555. Abstract.

Pride KR, Peel JL, Robinson BF, Busacker A, Grandpre J, Bisgard KM, Yip FY, Murphy TD. “Association of short-term exposure to ground-level ozone and respiratory outpatient clinic visits in a rural location — Sublette County, Wyoming, 2008–2011.” Environ Res. 2015; 137:1-7.

Sircar K, Clower J, Shin Mk, Bailey C, King M, Yip F. “Carbon monoxide poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999 to 2012.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2015 33 (9): 1140–1145.

Trogdon JG, Maylahn CM, Nwaise I, Tangka FK, Li R, Murphy LB, Nurmagambetov TA, Ekwueme DU, Chapman DP, Orenstein D. “Costs of Chronic Diseases at the State Level: The Chronic Disease Cost Calculator.” Prev Chronic Dis. 2015; 3 (12):E140.

Zahran HS, Bailey CM, Qin X, Moorman JE. “Assessing asthma control and associated risk factors among persons with current asthma – findings from the child and adult Asthma Call-back Survey.” J Asthma 2015: 52(3): 318-326.

2014

Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Simon AE, Schoendorf KC. “Trends in racial disparities for asthma outcomes among children 0 to 17 years, 2001-2010” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2014. 134(3): 547-553.

Behbod B, Parker EM, Jones EA, Bayleyegn T, Guarisco J, Morrison M, McIntyre MG, Knight M, Eichold B, Yip F. “Community Health Assessment Following Mercaptan Spill – Eight Mile, Mobile County, Alabama, September 2012.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2013. Abstract.

Boothe VL, Boehmer TK, Wendel AM, Yip FY. “Residential Traffic Exposure and Childhood Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2014; (104) S1: S175-S182.

Chen H, Yip FY, Lavonas EJ, Iqbal S, Turner N, RD Cobb, Garbe P. “Using the Exhibited Generalization Approach to Evaluate a Carbon Monoxide Ordinance.” Evaluation and Program Planning. 2014; 47: 35–44. Abstract.

El Burai Felix S, Bailey CM, Zahran HS. “Asthma prevalence among Hispanic adults in Puerto Rico and Hispanic adults of Puerto Rican descent in the United States – results from two national surveys.” Journal of Asthma. 2014: 19: 1-7.

Greenbaum AH, Chen J, Reed C, Beavers S, Callahan D, Christensen D, Finelli L, Fry AM. “Hospitalizations for severe lower respiratory tract infections.” Pediatrics. 2014: 134(3):546-54. Abstract.

Greenwald R, Bergin M, Yip F, Boehmer T, Kewada P, Shafer M, Schauer J, Sarnat J. “On-roadway in-cabin exposure to particulate matter: measurement results using both continuous and time-integrated sampling approaches.” Aerosol Science and Technology 2014; (48)6: 664-675.

Iqbal S, Oraka E, Chew G, Flanders WD. “Association between birth place and current asthma highlights the role of the environment: The Role of Environment and Acculturation.” American Journal of Public Health 2014; (104)S1: S175-S182.

Karwowski MP, Meites E, Fullerton KE, Ströher U, Lowe L, Rayfield M, Blau DM, Knust B, Gindler J, Van Beneden C, Bialek SR, Mead P, Oster AM. “Clinical Inquiries Regarding Ebola Virus Disease Received by CDC — United States”, July 9–November 15, 2014.” MMWR. 2014 63 (early release): 1-5.

Mazurek JM, White GE, Moorman JE, Storey E. “Influenza Vaccination Among Adults with Work-Related Asthma, United States, 2006–2009.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014: 47(2): 203-211.

Mirabelli MC, Beavers SF, Chatterjee AB. “Active Asthma and the Prevalence of Physician-Diagnosed COPD.” Lung 2014: 192(5):693–700.

Mirabelli MC, Beavers SF, Flanders WD, Chatterjee AB. “Reliability in reporting asthma history and age at asthma onset.” Journal of Asthma. 2014: 51(9):956-963.

Sarnat JA, Golan R, Greenwald R, Raysoni AU, Kewada P, Winquist A, Sarnat SE, Flanders WD, Mirabelli MC, Zora JE, Bergin MH, Yip F. “Exposure to Traffic Pollution, Acute Inflammation and Autonomic Response in a Panel of Car Commuters.” Environmental Research. 2014; 133: 66-76.

Zahran HS, Bailey CM, Qin X, Moorman JE. “Assessing asthma severity among children and adults with asthma.” Journal of Asthma. 2014: 51(6):610-617.

CDC-funded:

Garland-Forshee RY, Fiala SC, Ngo DL, Moseley K. “Sexual Orientation and Sex Differences in Adult Chronic Conditions, Health Risk Factors, and Protective Health Practices, Oregon, 2005–2008.” Preventing Chronic Disease. 2014; 11:140126.

Tomasallo CD, Hanrahan LP, Tandias A, Chang TS, Cowan KJ, Guilbert TW “Estimating Wisconsin asthma prevalence using clinical electronic health records and public health data.” American Journal of Public Health. 2014; 104(1):e65-73. Abstract.

Travers D, Lich KH, Lippmann SJ, Weinberger M, Yeatts KB, Liao W, et al. “Defining Emergency Department Asthma Visits for Public Health Surveillance, North Carolina, 2008–2009.” Preventing Chronic Disease. 2014; 11:130329.

2013

Boehmer TK, Foster SL, Henry JR, Woghiren-Akinnifesi EL, Yip FY. “Residential Proximity to Major Highways — United States, 2010.” MMWR 2013: 62(03):46-50.

Damon SA, Poehlman JA, Rupert DJ, Williams PN. “Storm-Related Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: An Investigation of Target Audience Knowledge and Risk Behaviors.”[PDF – 134 KB] Social Marketing Quarterly. 2013; 19:188-199.

Dunn KH, Shulman S, Stock AL, Naeher LP. “Personal carbon monoxide exposures among firefighters at prescribed forest burns in the southeastern United States.” Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health. 2013; 68(1):55-9. Abstract.

Hester LL, Wilce MA, Gill S, Disler S, Collins P, Crawford G. “Roles of the State Asthma Program in Implementing Multicomponent, School-Based Asthma Interventions.” Journal of School Health. 2013; (83):833-841. Abstract.

Holsey CN, Collins P, Zahran H. “Disparities in Asthma Care, Management, and Education among Children with Asthma.” Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 2013; 20(4):172-177. Abstract.

Horton LM, Burgess P, Iossifova Y, Brown MJ, Mortensen ME, Yip F, Gelting R, Hubbard B, Kapil V. “Children’s Environmental Health at CDC.” Rev. Salud Ambient. 2013; 13(1):5-11.

King ME, Schreiber ND, Formanski SE, Fleming S, Bayleyegn TM, Lemusu SS. “A Brief Report of Surveillance of Traumatic Experiences and Exposures After the Earthquake-Tsunami in American Samoa, 2009.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2013; 7:377-331. Abstract.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. “Health-related quality of life among adults with work-related asthma in the United States.” Quality of Life Research. 2013; 22(4):771-780.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. “Asthma symptoms among adults with work-related asthma.” Journal of Asthma. 2013; 50:166-173.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE, Storey E. “Occupational Asthma Incidence: Evidence from the 2006-2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey.”[PDF – 293 KB] Journal of Asthma 2013; (50):390-4.

Lozier M. “Notes from the Field: Acetyl Fentanyl Overdose Fatalities — Rhode Island, March–May 2013.” MMWR 2013; 62(34);703-704.

Mazurek JM, Knoeller GE, Moorman JE, Storey E. “Occupational Asthma Incidence: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back survey—United States, 2006-2009.”[PDF – 293 KB] Journal of Asthma. 2013; 50:390-394.

Mirabelli MC, Beavers SF, Chatterjee AB, Moorman JE. “Age at asthma onset and subsequent asthma outcomes among adults with active asthma.” Respiratory Medicine 2013; 107 (12): 1829-1836.

Moorman JE, Person CJ, Zahran HS. “Asthma Attacks Among Persons with Current Asthma — United States, 2001–2010.” MMWR 2013; 62(03): 93-98.

Oraka E, Iqbal S, Flanders WD, Brinker K, Garbe P. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Current Asthma and Emergency Department Visits: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey, 2001-2010.” Journal of Asthma 2013; 50(5): 488-496.

Portnoy J, Chew GL, Phipatanakul W, Williams PB, Grimes C, Kennedy K, Matsui EC, Miller JD, Bernstein D, Blessing-Moore J, Cox L, Khan D, Lang D, Nicklas R, Oppenheimer J, Randolph C, Schuller D, Spector S, Tilles SA, Wallace D, Seltzer J, Sublett J; Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters. “Environmental assessment and exposure reduction of cockroaches: a practice parameter.” J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013:132(4):802-8.e1-25. Abstract.

Portnoy J, Miller JD, Williams PB, Chew GL, Miller JD, Zaitoun F, Phipatanakul W, Kennedy K, Barnes C, Grimes C, Larenas-Linnemann D, Sublett J, Bernstein D, Blessing-Moore J, Khan D, Lang D, Nicklas R, Oppenheimer J, Randolph C, Schuller D, Spector S, Tilles SA, Wallace D. “Environmental Assessment and Exposure Control of dust mites: a practice parameter.” Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2013; (111):465-506.

Rupert DJ, Poehlman JA, Damon SA, Williams PN (2013). “Risk and protective behaviours for residential carbon monoxide poisoning.” Injury Prevention; 19(2): 119-123. Podcast.

Van Sickle D, Magzamen S, Truelove S, Morrison T. “Remote Monitoring of Inhaled Bronchodilator Use and Weekly Feedback about Asthma Management: An Open-Group, Short-Term Pilot Study of the Impact on Asthma Control.” PLoS ONE 2013; 8(2): e55335. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055335.

White GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. “Asthma in Health Care Workers: 2008 and 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2013: 55(12) 1463-1468. Abstract.

White GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. “Work-related asthma and employment status—38 states and District of Columbia, 2006-2009.”[PDF – 312 KB] Journal of Asthma. 2013; 50 (9): 954-959.

Zahran HS, Bailey C., “Factors Associated with Asthma Prevalence among Racial and Ethnic Groups—United States, 2009–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.” Journal of Asthma 2013; 50(6): 583-589.

CDC-funded:

Lich KH, Travers D, Psek W, Weinberger M, Yeatts K, Liao W, Lippmann SJ, Njord L, Waller A. “Emergency department visits attributable to asthma in North Carolina, 2008.” North Carolina Medical Journal. 2013; 74(1):9-17. Abstract.

Pleasants RA, Herrick H, Liao W. “The prevalence, characteristics, and impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in North Carolina.” North Carolina Medical Journal. 2013; 74(5):376-83. Abstract.

Roberts JR, Karr CJ; de Ybarrondo L; McCurdy LE; Freeland KD; Hulsey TC; Forman J. “Improving Pediatrician Knowledge about Environmental Triggers of Asthma.” Clinical Pediatrics 2013; 52(6):523-30. Abstract.

2012

Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Bailey C, Zahran HS, King M, Johnson CA, Liu X. “Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001–2010.” [PDF – 680 KB] NCHS Data Brief 2012 No. 94.

Bitsko RH, Danielson M, King M, Visser SN, Scahill L, Perou R. “Health Care Needs of Children With Tourette Syndrome.” Journal of Child Neurology.

Brandt M, Brown C, Burkhart J, Burton N, Cox-Ganser J, Damon S, Falk H, Fridkin S, Garbe P, McGeehin M, Morgan J, Page E, Rao C, Redd S, Sinks T, Trout D, Wallingford K, Warnock D, Weissman D. “Mold Prevention Strategies and Possible Health Effects in the Aftermath of Hurricanes and Major Floods.” in Friis RG (ed.) The Praeger handbook of environmental health. Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2012. Earlier version.

Clower J, Henretig F, Trella J, Hoffman R, Wheeler K, Maxted A, Weng C, Chen J-H, Chang H-G, Blog D, Marcus S, Ruck B, Bronstein A, Yip F, Law R, Wolkin A, Lewis L, Schier J. Notes from the Field: Carbon Monoxide Exposures Reported to Poison Centers and Related to Hurricane Sandy — Northeastern United States, 2012. MMWR. 2012; 61(44): 905.

Clower J, Hampson NB, Iqbal S, Yip FY. “Recipients of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning and exposure circumstances.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2012; 30:846-51. Abstract.

Diette GB, Tanaka RA, Balmes J, Buist AS, Checkley W, Garbe P, Hansel NN, Kapil V, Gordon SB, Lagat D, Yip F, Mortimer K, Perez-Padilla R, Roth C, Schwaninger J, Punturieri A, Kiley J. “Obstructive Lung Disease and Exposure to Burning Biomass Fuel in the Indoor Environment.” Global Heart; 2012; 7:265-270. Abstract.

Garbe PL, Lu P, Euler G, Callahan DB. “First things first: Protecting children with asthma from infection with influenza.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2012; 185 (12): i-ii.

Hampson NB, Dunn SL, Yip FY, Clower JH, Weaver LK. “The UHMS/CDC Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Surveillance Program: Three-year data” Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 2012; 39 (2): 667-85.

Herman E, Garbe P. “Letter: Evidence-Based Health: Necessary But Not Sufficient” Preventing Chronic Disease 2012; 9:110304. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110304.

Iqbal S, Clower J, Saha S, Boehmer T, Mattson C, Yip FY, Cobb B, Flanders WD. “Carbon Monoxide Alarm Ordinance Awareness and Presence of Alarms at Home.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2012; 18(3): 272–278. Abstract.

Iqbal S, Clower JH, Hernandez SA, Damon SA, Yip FY. “A Review of Disaster-Related Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Opportunities for Prevention. [PDF – 532 KB]” American Journal of Public Health.

Iqbal S, Clower JH, King ME, Bell J, Yip FY. “National Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Surveillance Framework and Recent Estimates.” Public Health Reports 2012; 127: 486-496.

Iqbal S, Clower JH, Saha S, Boehmer T, Mattson C, Yip FY, Cobb B, Flanders WD. “Residential Carbon Monoxide Alarm Prevalence and Ordinance Awareness.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2012; 18 (3): 272-278.

Iqbal S, Law HZ, Clower JH, Yip FY, Elixhauser A. “Hospital burden of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States, 2007.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012; 30:657-64. Abstract.

Iqbal S, Yip FY. “Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Health Effects, Surveillance, and Epidemiology.” in Friis RG (ed. ) The Praeger handbook of environmental health. Vol. Two, Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2012.

King ME. “Serious Psychological Distress and Asthma.” in Martin CR, Preedy VR (eds.) Scientific Basis of Healthcare: Asthma CRC Press 2012.

Kit BK, Simon AE, Ogden CL, Akinbami LJ. “Trends in Preventive Asthma Medication Use Among Children and Adolescents, 1988 -2008.” Pediatrics 2012; 129 (1): 62-69.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM , Moorman JE. “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use among Adults with Work-Related and Non-Work-Related Asthma.” Journal of Asthma 2012; 49 (1): 107-113.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. Work-related Asthma – 38 States and District of Columbia, 2006-2009. MMWR. 2012;61:375-378.

Knoeller GE, Mazurek JM, Moorman JE. “Characteristics associated with health care professional diagnosis of work-related asthma among individuals who describe their asthma as being caused or made worse by workplace exposures.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2012; 52:485-90. Abstract.

Labre MP, Herman EJ, Dumitru GG, Valenzuela KA, Cechman CL. Public Health Interventions for Asthma: An Umbrella Review, 1990–2010. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2012; 42(4):403–410. (Abstract).

Mazurek JM, Knoeller GE, Moorman JE. “Effect of current depression on the association of work-related asthma with adverse asthma outcomes: a cross-sectional study using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.” Journal of Affective Disorders. 2012; 136(3):1135-42. Abstract.

Moorman J, Akinbami LJ, Bailey C, Zahran H, King M, Johnson C, Liu X. “National Surveillance of Asthma: United States, 2001-2010.” [PDF – 910 KB] National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Statistics 2012; 3(35).

Oraka E, Kim HJ, King ME, Callahan DB. “Asthma prevalence among US elderly by age groups: age still matters.” Journal of Asthma 2012; 49(6):593-9.

Shen J, Oraka E. “Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among children with asthma.” Preventive Medicine 2012; 54:27–31.

Tharp AT, Constans JI, Yin R, Sullivan G, Vasterling JJ, Rouse J, Schreiber MD, King M. “Service provision in disaster preparation, response, and recovery for individuals with predisaster mental illness.” American Journal of Disaster Medicine 2012; 7(3): 171-174.

Winer RA., Qin X, Harrington T, Moorman J, Zahran H. “Asthma Incidence among Children and Adults: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey—United States, 2006–2008.” Journal of Asthma 2012; 49 (1):16–22.

Zahran HS, Person CJ, Bailey C, Moorman JE. “Predictors of Asthma Self-Management Education among Children and Adults-2006-2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-back Survey.” Journal of Asthma 2012; 49(1):98-106.

CDC-funded:

Beard J, Beck C, Grahm G, Packham S, Traphagan M, Giles R, Morgan J. “Winter Temperature Inversions and Emergency Department Visits for Asthma in Salt Lake County, Utah, 2003–2008.” Environmental Health Perspectives 2012: 10 (120): 1385.

Carrillo ZG, Kirk S, Mier N, Lucio R., Garza, NI, Zuniga, MA. “The impact of asthma health education for parents of children attending Head Start Centers.” Journal of Community Health. 2012; 37(6): 1296-1300.

Carrillo ZG, Lucio RL, Seol YH, Garza NI, Zuniga MA, Hernandez T, Harrison W. “Outcomes of Community Health Worker Intervention With Asthma Education and Healthy Homes Curriculum in South Texas Colonias.” Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators. 2012; 3: 27-33.

Lucio LR, Carrillo ZG., Seol YH, Garza N, Mier N, Trevino L. “Incorporating what Promotoras Learn: Becoming Role Models to Effect Positive Change.” Journal of Community Health. 2012; 37 (5): 1026-1031.

2011

Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Liu X. “Asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality: United States, 2005–2009.” [PDF – 220 KB] National Health Statistics Reports, 2011; 32: 1-15.

Barnett SB, Nurmagambetov, TA. “Costs of asthma in the United States: 2002-2007.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2011; 127(1): 145-152.

Akinbami LJ, Moorman JE, Liu X. “Asthma prevalence, health care use, and mortality: United States, 2005–2009.” National Health Statistics Reports, 2011; 32: 1-15.

Barnett SB, Nurmagambetov, TA. “Costs of asthma in the United States: 2002-2007.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2011; 127(1): 145-152.

Bell J, Bronstein A, Clower JH, Iqbal S, Yip FY, Martin CA, Chang A, Wolkin AF. “Carbon Monoxide Exposures — United States, 2000–2009.” MMWR 2011; 60(30):1014-1017.

Chen H, Garbe P. “Assessing Program outcomes from the Bottom-Up Approach: an Innovative Perspective to Outcome Evaluation.” in Chen H, Donaldson S, Mark M (eds.) Validity in Outcome Evaluation: Theory and Practice. New Directions for Evaluation. Vol. 130, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011.

Chen H, Donaldson S, Mark M. “Validity Frameworks for Outcome Evaluation: Theory and Practice ” in Chen H, Donaldson S, Mark M (eds.) Validity in Outcome Evaluation: Theory and Practice. New Directions for Evaluation. Vol. 130. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011.

Clower JH, Hampson NB, Iqbal S, Yip FY. “Recipients of hyperbaric oxygen treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning and exposure circumstances.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine. published online 22 August 2011. Abstract.

Cohen NJ, Callahan DB, Gonzalez V, Balaban V, Wang RD, Pordell P, et al. “Respiratory illness in households of school-dismissed students during influenza pandemic, 2009.” [letter]. Emerging Infectious Disease 2011: 17 (9): serial on the Internet.

Crocker DD, Dumitru GG, Nurmagambetov TA. (eds). “Reducing Asthma Morbidity Through Home-Based Environmental Interventions. Systematic Reviews, recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, and Expert Commentary.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011 41(2) S1.

list of links

Task Force on Community Preventive Services. “Recommendations from the Task Force on Community Preventive Services to Decrease Asthma Morbidity Through Home-Based, Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Interventions.” S1-S4.

Crocker DD, Kinyota S, Dumitru GG, Ligon CB, Herman EJ, Ferdinands JM, Hopkins DP, Lawrence BM, Sipe TA, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. “Effectiveness of Home-Based Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Interventions with an Environmental Focus for Reducing Asthma Morbidity: A Community Guide Systematic Review.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011 41(2) S1: S5-S32. Abstract.

Nurmagambetov TA, Barnett SB, Jacob V, Chattaopadhyay SK, Hopkins DP, Crocker DD, Dumitru GG, Kinyota S, Task Force on Community Preventive Services. “Economic Value of Home-Based, Multi-Trigger, Multicomponent Interventions with an Environmental Focus for Reducing Asthma Morbidity: A Community Guide Systematic Review.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011 41(2) S1: S33-S47. Abstract.

Krieger JW, Philby ML, Brooks MZ. “Better Home Visits for Asthma: Lessons Learned from the Seattle–King County Asthma Program.” S48-S51.

Wilce MA, Garbe PL. “Evaluating Home-Based, Multicomponent, Multi-Trigger Interventions: Your Results May Vary.” S52-S54.

Sever ML, Salo PM, Haynes AK, Zeldin DC. “Inner-City Environments and Mitigation of Cockroach Allergen.” S55-S56.

Murphy JS, Sandel MT. “Asthma and Social Justice: How to Get Remediation Done. S57-S58.

Atherly AJ. “The Economic Value of Home Asthma Interventions.” S59-S61.

The Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project: It takes a community
Publication: Special Supplement to the Journal of Urban Health, 2011; 88 (S1).
Guest Editors: Herman E, Savage Brown A, Disler S.

Background and Planning

Herman E, Garbe PL, McGeehin MA. “Assessing community-based approaches to asthma control: The Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project.”

Herman E. “Conceptual Framework of the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project.”

Davis A, Herman E. “Considerations and Challenges for Planning a Public Health Approach to Asthma.”

Guest Editorial

Meurer John, Lyon-Callo S. “Controlling Asthma in American Cities: Major Themes, Persistent Challenges, and Next Steps.”

Interventions in Health Care Settings

Ragazzi H, Keller A, Ehrensberger R Irani AM. “Evaluation of a Practice-Based Intervention to Improve the Management of Pediatric Asthma.”

Davis A, Benson M, Cooney D, Spruell B, Orelian J. “A Matched Cohort Evaluation of a Bedside Asthma Intervention for Patients Hospitalized at a Large Urban Children’s Hospital.”

School-based Interventions

Pike EV, Richmond CM, Hobson A, Kleiss J, Wottowa J, Sterling DA. “Development and evaluation of an integrated asthma awareness curriculum for the elementary school classroom.”

Richmond CM, Hobson A, Pike EV, Kleiss J, Wottowa J, Sterling DA. “Breathe your Best for School Success: Evaluation of an Initiative to Enhance Asthma Action Plans.”

Shrimali BP, Hasenbush A, Davis A, Tager I Magzamen S. “Medication Use Patterns Among Urban Youth Participating in School-Based Asthma Education.”

Creating Community Linkages

Findley SE, Thomas G, Madera-Reese R, McLeod N, Kintala S, Martinez RA Ortiz B. “A Community-Based Strategy for Improving Asthma Management and Outcomes for Preschoolers.”

Savage Brown A, Disler S, Burns L, Carlson A, Davis A, Kurian C, Weems Jr. D Wilson K. “Family and Home Asthma Services Across the Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project.”

Berry TM, Prosser TR, Wilson K, Castro M. “Asthma Friendly Pharmacies: A model to improve communication and collaboration among pharmacists, patients, and health care providers.”

Nesvold JH, Carlson A, Brust J. “Building a Partnership with Health Plans: The Minneapolis and St. Paul Controlling Asthma in American Cities Experience.”

Evaluation of Complex Community-Based Interventions

Herman E, Keller A, Davis A, Ehrensberger R, Telleen S, Kurz R, Nesvold JH, Findley SE, Bryant-Stevens T, Benson M, Fierro L. “A Model-Driven Approach to Assessing the Added Value of Community Coalitions.”

Davis SQ, Krishnan JA, Lee K, Persky V, Naureckas ET. “Effect of a Community-Wide Asthma Intervention on Appropriate Use of Inhaled Corticosteroid.”

Bryant-Stevens T, Kurian C, Chen Z. “Brief Report of a Low-Cost Street Corner Methodology to Assess Inner-city Residents’ Awareness and Knowledge about Asthma.”

Carlson A, Nesvold JH, Liu A. “Population-Based Assessment of Asthma Symptom Burden in Children.”

Appendix A: Additional Peer-Reviewed Publications from CAACP Sites
Appendix B: CAACP Tools, Instruments and Materials

Iqbal S, Law HZ, Clower J, Yip FY, Elixhauser A. “National hospital burden of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning.” American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Abstract.

Iqbal S, Clower J, Yip FY, Garbe P. “Carbon monoxide poisoning surveillance.” in Levy BS, Wegman DH, Baron SL, Sokas RK (eds). Occupational and environmental health. 6th Ed. Oxford University Press, 2011.

Jarquin VG, Callahan DB, Cohen NJ, Balaban V, Wang R, Beato R, Pordell P, Oyervides O, Huang WT, Lipman H, Fishbein D, Massoudi MS. “Effect of School Closure from Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA.” Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 17(4): 751-753.

King ME, Damon SA. “Attitudes about Carbon Monoxide Safety in the United States: Results from the 2005 and 2006 HealthStyles Survey.” Public Health Reports, 2011; 126 (S1): 100-107.

Law HZ, Oraka E, Mannino DM. “The Role of Income in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Room and Urgent Care Center Visits for Asthma—United States, 2001–2009” Journal of Asthma 2011; 48:405–413.

Lu P, Callahan DB, Ding H, Euler GL., “Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Among Adults with Asthma, U.S., 2010” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2011;41(6):619–626.

Lutterloh EC, Iqbal S, Clower J, Spiller HA, Riggs M, Suggs TJ, Humbaugh KE, Cadwell BL, Thoroughman D. “Carbon monoxide poisoning after an ice storm – Kentucky, 2009.” Public Health Reports, 2011; 126:S(1): 108- 115.

Moorman JE, Zahran H, Truman BI, Molla MT. “Current Asthma Prevalence — United States, 2006–2008” In: CDC. “CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2011.” MMWR 2011;60(Suppl):[79-81].

Nguyen K, Zahran H, Iqbal S, Peng J. “Factors Associated with Asthma Control among adults in five states in New England.” Journal of Asthma. 2011; 48(6): 581-588.

Shen J, Johnston M, Hays RD. “Asthma Outcome Measures.” Expert review of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research 2011 Aug;11(4):447-53. Abstract.

Yip FY, Pearcy JN, Garbe PL, Truman BI. “Unhealthy Air Quality — United States, 2006–2009” In: CDC. “CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2011.” MMWR 2011;60(Suppl):[28-32].

Zahran H, Bailey C. Garbe P. “Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education — United States, 2001—2009.” MMWR 2011; 60(17); 547-552.

CDC-funded:

Carrillo ZG, Kirk S, Hernandez D, Nadeau N, Chong-Menard B, Lucio R, Zuniga MA. “A Multi-Institutional Collaboration to develop asthma education for school settings in South Texas.” Public Health Reports. 2011; 126(1): 139-144.

2010

Akinbami L, Parker J, Merkle S. “Factors Associated with School Absence Among Children with Symptomatic Asthma, United States, 2002-2003”, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology 2010; 23 (3): 191-200.

CDC. “Learning and Growing through Evaluation: State Asthma Program Evaluation Guide” [PDF – 1.6 MB] 2010.

Chen H. “The Bottom-Up Approach to Integrative Validity: A New Perspective for Program Evaluation” Evaluation and Program Planning 2010; 30 (3): 205-214. Abstract.

Damon S, Naylor R, Therriault S. “Public communication in unplanned biomass burning events” Inhalation Toxicology 2010; 22 (2):113-116.

Greenberg C, Luna P, Simmons G, Huhman M, Merkle S, Robin L, Keener D. “Follow-Up of an Elementary School Intervention for Asthma Management: Do Gains Last into Middle School?” Journal of Asthma 2010; 47:587-593.

Holian A, Stock A, Migliaccio C, Noonan C, Ward T. “Conference Summary: International Biomass Smoke Health Effects (ISBHE)” Inhalation Toxicology 2010; 22:91-93.

Iqbal S, Clower J, Boehmer T, Yip F, Garbe P. “Carbon Monoxide Related Hospitalizations in the United States: Evaluation of a Web-based Query System for Public Health Surveillance” Public Health Reports 2010; 125:423-432.

Langenfeld NA, Mast DK, Rasberry C, Cheung K, Luna P, Buckley R, Merkle S, Huhman M and Robin L. “Strategies for Identifying Students in Need of School-Based Asthma Services: Challenges and Questions That Emerged From a Rapid Evaluation of a School-Based Asthma Program,” Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators 2010 1 (3): 109-116.

Mack KA, Liller KD, Damon S. Response to letter to the editor: “CO Detectors prevent CO Poisoning”[PDF – 171 KB] American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 2010; 4:368.

Marino L, Shen J. “Characteristics of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (cam) Use among Adults with Asthma” Journal of Asthma 2010; 47(5):521-25.

Murphy M., Iqbal S., Sanchez C., Quinlisk P. “Post-disaster health communication and information sources: The Iowa flood scenario” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2010; 4(2): 129-134.

Oraka, E, King M, Callahan D. “Asthma and Serious Psychological Distress: Prevalence and Risk Factors among US Adults, 2001-2007” Chest 2010; 137(3):609-16. Abstract.

Ribeiro IC, Torres A, Parra DC, Reis R, Hoehner C, Schmid TL, Pratt M, Ramos LR, Simoes EJ, Brownson RC. “Using Logic Models as Iterative Tools for Planning and Evaluating Physical Activity Promotion Programs in Curitiba, Brazil” Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2010; 7(Suppl 2): S155-S162.

Trogdon JG, Nurmagambetov TA, Thompson HF. “The Economic Implications of Influenza Vaccination for Adults with Asthma” American Journal of Preventive Medicin 2010; 39(5):489-90. Abstract.

CDC-funded:

Beck C, Ralls B, Giles R, Bullough R, Wagstaff S, Stinner W. “Collection and Utilization of Family Health History Information in the Health Care Setting: A Case for Asthma and Diabetes.” Utah’s Health: An Annual Review 2010: 15 (1): 7.

Carrillo ZG, Kirk S, Hernandez T. “A Focus on Asthma and Individual Health Plans: A Survey of Texas Schools.” Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators. 2010; 1: 23-27.

Carrillo ZG, Seol YH, Kirk S, Hernandez D, Nadeau N, Zuniga M. “Impact of Asthma 101 Training on Level of Nursing Students’ Knowledge.” Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators. 2010; 1: 138- 143.

Grimes K, Mercure M. “Survey Identifies Barriers to AE-C Recertification Journal of Asthma & Allergy Educators” Journal of Asthma and Allergy Educators. 2010; 1 (6): 232-235.

Picconatto WJ, Ross SK, Carlson AM. “Athletes and Asthma” Minnesota Medicine 2010.

Roy SR, McGinty EE, Hayes SC, Zhang L. “Regional and racial disparities in asthma hospitalizations in Mississippi.” Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2010; 125(3):636-42. Abstract.