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After reading through their presentation, I realized that I've been around this epidemic for a long time. I never thought there was a sold causation, reason, or connection. This was very informative and interesting to read about.

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Great information. It is interesting to see how much children suffer from asthma. I feel like sometimes allergies can be mistaken for asthma and so can allergies. unfortunately, I have lived this case with my nephew. I really hope that there is away to get rid of asthma especially in our city

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As somebody who had has asthma growing up it was not fun and it's scary and I wouldn't wish that on anybody but thank god that I outgrow my asthma. And to find out that it is affecting the African American community more severely just breaks my heart as it can be a genetic and pass onto children’s. I know that Philadelphia does not have the best neighborhood and there is too many people that smokes which will only make things worse and doesn't help to lower the rate.

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This is very scary  being an African American I remember both of my younger brothers having asthma growing up and both now grown out of it but my son who is two has asthma now to know that is is the leading chronic disease is alarming in itself.

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It is sad for me to find out Asthma affects African American children to this degree, especially for these reasons. Hopefully our communities and healthcare systems make the needed changes, and soon, to put an end to this.

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Asthma in African American children is such an ongoing battle in the city of Philadelphia, it’s getting progressively worse. Reading through the information provided on this padlet makes it even more saddening. Working with children at a local hospital in Philadelphia I see this frequently . It’s pretty scary to see newborns and young children struggling with what can be such a crippling health issue, knowing that it can be prevented.

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Reading through the scripts I was able to learn more about children with asthma and African American children with asthma.  One fact I found interesting is “Asthma is the leading chronic disease in children. Currently, there are about 5.1 million children under the age of 18 with Asthma”. This is alarming and I think needs to be looked into.  Seeing what causes asthma in African American kids is not proper prenatal care, nutrition, and pollution in the areas in which they live.  Another fact that I found interesting is again the lack of medical care for African American children.  Asthma can be life-threatening if not properly treated.  Fair health care needs to be a priority for everyone.  In addition, I wasn't able to view a whole slide show just individual parts and would have liked to see the whole presentation.

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Link To PowerPoint

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Audio for Slides 1-5

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Script Intro/What is Asthma?

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Helen B Myrick