The nation's childhood asthma hotspots are found mainly in regional and rural communities and with higher proportions of Indigenous Australians, according to a new UNSW Sydney-led study.
Australia's childhood asthma hotspots revealed in new study, with regional areas and a part of northern Tasmania at the highest risk
The study, published in Global Health Research and Policy, was conducted by UNSW in collaboration with asthma experts from across the country, including the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. The Action-Upper Burnie region on Tasmania’s north coast was found to have the highest proportion of children with asthma in identified hotspots.
A figure from the UNSW report shows the asthma prevalence in children across the country. Picture: UNSW Dr Jahid Khan from UNSW's School of Clinical Medicine was one of the lead authors of the report and said the link between asthma and social deprivation"had been expected".Dr Jahid Kjam and Dr Nusrat Homaira from the UNSW School of Clinical Medicine both contributed to the report. Picture: UNSW
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