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In May, 2012, the President's Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children released the
Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities,
which is an outcome of the collaborative interagency Asthma Disparities Working
Group, co-chaired by HHS, EPA and HUD.
Did You
Know?
Poor and minority children are more likely
to have asthma and their health outcomes are worse. Black children are twice as
likely to be hospitalized and four times as likely to die from asthma as white
children. In addition, asthma is linked to school performance. Annually, 10.5
million school days are missed due to asthma.
For more information and quick facts, see
the following resources:
·
One-page
fact sheet (PDF) (2 pp., 288 K)
·
News Release: Obama
Administration Working to Close Racial, Ethnic Gap on Asthma/Asthma
disproportionately affects minority children, children living below poverty
level [05/31/2012]
For more information go to http://www.epa.gov/childrenstaskforce/index.html
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