title: Eliminating asthma disparities: a national workshop to set a working agenda.
abstract: In February 2005, a national workshop was held in Chicago, IL, to address the problem of disparities in asthma. A multidisciplinary group of > 1,000 national experts reviewed key issues related to asthma health disparities; considered current research, clinical care, and policy related to this problem; and developed a set of recommendations to reduce these disparities. The themes addressed were genetics, indoor environment, outdoor environment, family/social function, behavioral health, health-care delivery, health-care communications, role of community, role of private insurance, role of safety net providers, and state and local policy.
authors.affiliation: Institute For Healthcare Studies, 676 N St. Clair St, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 6061, USA. K-weiss@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Kevin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006302:Health Services Research; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology