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- Epidemiology and Risk Factors
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1. The changing prevalence of asthma
- Dr. Deborah Jarvis
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2. Recent advances in asthma genetics
- Prof. Miriam Moffatt
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3. Asthma: an epidemic caused by epigenetics?
- Prof. David Schwartz
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4. Role of the microbiota in asthma
- Prof. B. Brett Finlay
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5. Diet and asthma
- Prof. Lewis Smith
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6. Obesity and asthma
- Prof. Anne Dixon
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7. Occupational asthma: management beyond the textbooks
- Prof. Paul Cullinan
- Clinical Phenotypes
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8. The origins of asthma
- Prof. Peter Sly
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9. Pre-school wheeze
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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11. Smoking asthmatics
- Prof. Neil Thomson
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12. Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease
- Prof. Chris Corrigan
- Mechanisms of Asthma
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13. Advances in asthma: airway inflammation
- Prof. William Busse
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14. The role of mast cells in asthma
- Prof. Peter Bradding
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15. Dendritic cells in asthma
- Prof. Bart Lambrecht
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16. The airway smooth muscle in asthma
- Prof. Judith Black
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17. Role of virus infection in asthma 1
- Prof. Sebastian Johnston
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18. Role of virus infection in asthma 2
- Prof. Sebastian Johnston
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19. Severe asthma: characterisation, mechanisms & treatment
- Prof. Fan Chung
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20. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies
- Prof. Ian Adcock
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21. Macrophage in asthma
- Prof. Douglas Robinson
- Diagnosis of Asthma
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22. Physiology of asthma and involvement of small airways
- Prof. Charles G. Irvin
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23. Induced sputum in asthma
- Prof. Antonio Spanevello
- Therapy and Management
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25. Pulmonary drug delivery
- Prof. Anthony J. Hickey
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26. The management of chronic asthma
- Prof. Mark Fitzgerald
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27. Inhaled corticosteroids and beta2-agonists
- Dr. Omar S. Usmani
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28. Management of "difficult asthma"
- Prof. Elisabeth Bel
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29. Management of acute exacerbations of asthma
- Dr. Chris Fanta
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30. Non-pharmacological treatments for asthma
- Prof. Neil Thomson
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31. Asthma: beyond the prescription
- Prof. Martyn Partridge
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32. New drugs for asthma
- Prof. Peter Barnes
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33. Anti-IgE therapy for asthma
- Dr. Andrew Menzies-Gow
- Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
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34. New drugs for asthma
- Prof. Peter Barnes
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35. Asthma phenotypes in children
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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36. Steroid resistance in asthma: mechanisms and potential therapies
- Prof. Ian Adcock
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37. Severe asthma in children
- Prof. Andrew Bush
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- Introduction
- Agenda
- Defining prevalence
- Point prevalence vs. period prevalence
- Defining 'asthma' for surveys
- Asthma: from symptoms to drug use
- Clinical assessments (objective markers)
- Estimates from surveys
- Representative population based sample
- Problems that might occur
- In mid 1980's
- Two international initiatives
- 'Symptom-based' questionnaires in adults
- Self reported 'asthma' definition in adults
- 'Symptom-based' asthma definition in children
- Prevalence of asthma
- Prevalence of atopy
- Bronchial responsiveness to methacholine
- Geographical variation: 'wheeze or whistling'
- Geographical variation
- Estimating change in prevalence
- Increases in asthma prevalence in Birmingham
- Increase in prevalence of asthma in Wales
- Prevalence of asthma and exercise-induced drop
- Prevalence of other allergy-associated disease
- The Finnish military recruits study (1)
- Change in prevalence of atopy in Greenland
- Prevalence of asthma in boys by year of birth (UK)
- Sensitisation to at least one allergen by age
- Sensitisation to any allergen by age and cohort
- Emerging evidence
- Alternative explanations
- Wheezing and whistling in 6-7 year old
- Wheezing and whistling in 13-14 year old
- Change in prevalence of disease in Wales
- The Finnish military recruits study (2)
- Reasons for increase in asthma
- Hayfever and asthma associate with family size
- What causes should we look for?
- Risk factors in two British birth cohorts
- Conclusion
Topics Covered
- Measuring asthma prevalence in community studies
- Geographical variation in prevalence of disease
- Early studies showing an increase in disease
- More recent studies of time trends
- Possible reasons for changing prevalence of disease
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Talk Citation
Jarvis, D. (2011, December 29). The changing prevalence of asthma [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 17, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/SWUX1337.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
- Published on December 29, 2011
Financial Disclosures
- Dr. Deborah Jarvis has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.