Want to help your child cope with asthma? Better family relationships are associated with good asthma management behaviours and outcomes for those living in dangerous neighbourhoods, a new study reveals.The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Pediatrics'. For children with asthma, neighbourhood environmental conditions -- the role of allergens and pollutants, for example -- have long been known to play an important role, but less is known about how social conditions in the neighbourhood might affect children's asthma.In the study, researchers sought to test whether there are social factors that can buffer children from the negative effects of difficult neighbourhood conditions, focusing on one particular factor they thought would be important in the lives of children -- whether they had positive and supportive family relationships."We found significant interactions between neighbourhood conditions and family relationship quality predicting clinical asthma outcomes," ..
