Association and correlation of self-reported home environmental factors and health symptoms.

The authors used community-based participatory research to survey 238 residents in public housing. They developed 9 exposure and 2 health symptom indexes through exploratory factor analyses. The univariate analysis showed that most environmental risk factors were associated with the symptom indexes.

A community-based participatory research study of multifaceted in-home environmental interventions for pediatric asthmatics in public housing.

Pest infestation is a major problem in urban, low-income housing and may contribute to elevated asthma prevalence and exacerbation rates in such communities. However, there is poor understanding of the effectiveness of integrated pest management (IPM) efforts in controlling pediatric asthma, or of the interactions among various interventions and risk factors in these settings. As part of the Boston-based Healthy Public Housing Initiative, we conducted a longitudinal, single-cohort community-based participatory research intervention study.