Social vulnerability and asthma-related emergency medical services in Illinois
During the pandemic, all four themes of SVI were associated with the asthma EMS rate in children. This study has shown that the same factors that lead to community vulnerability in a disaster align with a greater need for on-site asthma emergency treatment.
Authors
- Arlene Keddie
- M. Omar Khaium (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4908-7672)
- Sarah Dee Geiger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2738-0245)
- Edward A. Gustafson
- Nancy Amerson
- Cassandra Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-9869)
- Lynn B. Gerald
- Daniel J. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-4626)
- Sarah Keeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-204X)
- Marcus Shapiro
Institutions
- Northern Illinois University (US)
- West Virginia University (US)
- Illinois Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1521545
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25