Asthma can be triggered by a variety of environmental factors. This article discuses a way for asthma patients to avoid these environmental factors in order to prevent an asthma attack from occurring. A low cost solution to this problem is a device called the “Spiroscout”. It is a small addition to an inhaler that is equipped with a global positioning system receiver. When an inhaler is used, the Spiroscout detects the exact time and place in which the inhaler was used, and sends it to a database. Using the database, other asthma patients can avoid locations where attacks are triggered frequently.
Where do the authors work, and what are their areas of expertise? Note any other publications by the authors with relevance to the 6Cities project. David Van Sickles, PHd- A medical anthropologist and asthma epidemiologist has done research on the rising prevalence of asthma as well as allergies in India. What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article or report? Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported. What three (or more) quotes capture the message of the article or report? What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report? How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report? Where has this article or report been referenced or discussed? (In some journals, you can see this in a sidebar.) Can you learn anything from the article or report’s bibliography that tells us something about how the article or report was produced? What three points, details or references from the text did you follow up on to advance your understanding of how air pollution science has been produced and used in governance and education in different settings?
Full citation and abstract:
"An Innovative Device to Detect Patterns of Asthma and Improve Treatment." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. July 6, 2011. Accessed October 11, 2015. http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/articles-and-news/2011/07/an-innovative-device-to-detect-patterns-of-asthma-and-improve-tr.html.
Asthma can be triggered by a variety of environmental factors. This article discuses a way for asthma patients to avoid these environmental factors in order to prevent an asthma attack from occurring. A low cost solution to this problem is a device called the “Spiroscout”. It is a small addition to an inhaler that is equipped with a global positioning system receiver. When an inhaler is used, the Spiroscout detects the exact time and place in which the inhaler was used, and sends it to a database. Using the database, other asthma patients can avoid locations where attacks are triggered frequently.
Where do the authors work, and what are their areas of expertise? Note any other publications by the authors with relevance to the 6Cities project.
David Van Sickles, PHd- A medical anthropologist and asthma epidemiologist has done research on the rising prevalence of asthma as well as allergies in India.
What are the main findings or arguments presented in the article or report?
Describe at least three ways that the argument is supported.
What three (or more) quotes capture the message of the article or report?
What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?
How (if at all) are health disparities or other equity issues addressed in the article or report?
Where has this article or report been referenced or discussed? (In some journals, you can see this in a sidebar.)
Can you learn anything from the article or report’s bibliography that tells us something about how the article or report was produced?
What three points, details or references from the text did you follow up on to advance your understanding of how air pollution science has been produced and used in governance and education in different settings?