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Tribal health leaders press to fund environmental health measures to curb respiratory illness in Native children
Summary
Panelists described links between overcrowded, poorly ventilated housing and high rates of respiratory illness among Alaska Native children and recommended integrating environmental health into tribal health systems and EHRs.
ANCHORAGE — Tribal health leaders told the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs that environmental health threats tied to overcrowded and substandard housing — including poor ventilation, indoor air pollutants and inadequate plumbing — are driving elevated rates of respiratory illness among Alaska Native children.
“Infants in overcrowded homes are 2.5 times more likely to…
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