New Asthma Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Brandeis University (Does Parental Health Mediate the Relationship between Parental…

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New Asthma Data Have Been Reported by Investigators at Brandeis University (Does Parental Health Mediate the Relationship between Parental Uninsurance and Insured Children's Health Outcomes? Evidence from a US National Survey)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Lung Diseases and Conditions - Asthma have been published. According to news reporting originating in Waltham, Massachusetts, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Although the United States has made great strides in ensuring near universal health care access for children, the health insurance coverage gap between children and their parents remains high. This study analyzed aggregated data from the 2006-2013 National Health Interview Survey to investigate the direct relationships between parental uninsurance and children's health outcomes."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Brandeis University, "Authors explored how parental health mediates the relationship between parents' health and children's health outcomes. Results suggest that insured children of uninsured parents have worse health status and are at higher risk of asthma, attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder, developmental delays, learning disabilities, and mental disabilities compared with insured children of insured parents. Parental health mediated this relationship. These findings illuminate the pathway between parental uninsurance and child health outcomes and suggest that policies that provide health insurance coverage to both children and their parents may improve both parental health and children's health outcomes."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "This study fills an important gap in the literature related to how parental uninsurance affects children's health outcomes mediated by the impact of uninsurance on parental health."

For more information on this research see: Does Parental Health Mediate the Relationship between Parental Uninsurance and Insured Children's Health Outcomes? Evidence from a US National Survey. Health & Social Work, 2017;42(2):E68-E76. Health & Social Work can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press Inc, Journals Dept, 2001 Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513, USA. (Oxford University Press - www.oup.com/; Health & Social Work - hsw.oxfordjournals.org)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting I. Akobirshoev, Brandeis University, Heller Sch Social Policy & Management, MS Program Global Hlth Policy & Management, Waltham, MA, United States. Additional authors for this research include D. Bowser, S.L. Parish, C. Thomas and S.S. Bachman.

Keywords for this news article include: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America, Lung Diseases and Conditions, Risk and Prevention, Health Insurance, Pediatrics, Asthma, Brandeis University.