Understanding asthma care disparities between Latino and White adults
Official title: EQUITABLE: Equity in Treatment for Asthma Between Latinos and Whites
Funded at Ochin, INC. · NIH-11044352 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study looks at how Latino adults experience asthma care compared to non-Hispanic White adults, focusing on what services they might not be using and how social factors affect their access to care, with the goal of finding ways to improve asthma treatment for Latino communities.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Ochin, INC. NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Portland, United States) |
| Project start | March 1, 2025 |
| Project end | December 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $673,581 |
| NIH project number | 1R01HL173284-01A1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11044352 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates for this research are Latino adults aged 21 and older who experience asthma.
✕Less likely to help
Patients who are not Latino or do not have asthma may not receive direct benefits from this research.
What this research studies
This research investigates the differences in asthma care experiences and outcomes between Latino and non-Hispanic White adults. It aims to identify the specific asthma care services that Latino adults may underutilize and how social factors influence their access to care. By analyzing a large dataset from community health centers, the study will link health care utilization with social determinants of health to uncover the root causes of these disparities. The findings could help improve asthma care for Latino populations.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this research could lead to improved asthma care strategies that address the specific needs of Latino patients.
How similar studies have gone: Previous research has shown that addressing social determinants of health can improve health outcomes, suggesting potential success for this approach.
Where this research is happening
-
Ochin, INC.
Portland, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Heintzman, John — Ochin, INC.
- Study coordinator: Heintzman, John
Related research
Other NIH-funded projects on the same topics.
-
GLP-1 receptor agonists as immune targets to treat asthma in lean and obese adults
Aims to understand how GLP-1R‑agonist diabetes medicines may directly calm immune cells to reduce asthma in adults who are lean or obese.
-
Understanding how a type of immune cell called ILC2s affect asthma in adults
This grant studies how group 2 innate lymphoid cells influence asthma in adults to help identify new ways to manage airway inflammation.
-
Expanding understanding of asthma in kids through airways and blood profiling
A study at UC San Francisco will profile blood and nasal/sputum samples from 300 youth (including 200 with asthma) over a year to understand how environmental and social factors influence asthma in marginalized communities.
-
Preventing and improving asthma care for children in urban communities
This program will try several approaches — from giving helpful bacteria to babies to allergy immunotherapy and advanced airway testing — to prevent and better treat asthma in children who live in cities.
-
IDEAL project helps predict vaccine response, infections, and asthma in early childhood
A Child-focused program will collect and share saliva, blood, and tissue samples from diverse infants to find biological patterns that predict how vaccines work, how respiratory infections occur, and who develops asthma.
-
Understanding how early-life immune development affects vaccine responses and asthma risk in children
This project uses lab-grown human immune cells from infants and young children to explore why some kids respond poorly to vaccines and are more prone to respiratory infections and asthma.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.