The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has published the report, “Asthma Disparities in America: A Roadmap to Reducing Burden on Racial and Ethnic Minorities.” The report discusses “serious gaps in asthma rates, care and outcomes” and is follow-up to AAFA’s 2005 report, “Ethnic Disparities in the Burden and Treatment of Asthma.” The new report demonstrates that “over the past 15 years, there have been moderate advances in United States public policy, health care and research, but racial gaps in asthma outcomes have not changed. The burden of asthma in the US falls disproportionately on Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native people, which have the highest asthma rates, hospitalizations and deaths.” In addition, the reports identifies 69 “specific strategies and tactics for prioritizing policies and programs to improve asthma health for Americans most at risk while dismantling systems that fuel harmful disparities.”
Back Page: The 2020 AAFA Report: “Asthma Disparities in America: A Roadmap to Reducing Burden on Racial and Ethnic Minorities”
The report demonstrates that “racial gaps in asthma outcomes have not changed over the past 15 years. The burden of asthma in the US continues to fall disproportionately on Black, Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native people. The reports also identifies 69 “specific strategies and tactics for prioritizing policies and programs to improve asthma health for Americans most at risk while dismantling systems that fuel harmful disparities.”