Ruchi S Gupta

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Affiliation: Children's Memorial Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The prevalence, severity, and distribution of childhood food allergy in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Smith Child Health Research Program, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60640, USA
    Pediatrics 128:e9-17. 2011
  2. ncbi The impact of student-directed videos on community asthma knowledge
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Ann and Robert H Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 157, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
    J Community Health 38:463-70. 2013
  3. ncbi Parent report of physician diagnosis in pediatric food allergy
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 131:150-6. 2013
  4. ncbi Geographic variability of childhood food allergy in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:856-61. 2012
  5. ncbi The state of pediatric asthma in Chicago's Humboldt Park: a community-based study in two local elementary schools
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 750 N Lake Shore Dr, 10th Fl, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    BMC Pediatr 10:45. 2010
  6. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents with food-allergic children in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:927-34. 2010
  7. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of primary care physicians
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
    Pediatrics 125:126-32. 2010
  8. ncbi Development of the Chicago Food Allergy Research Surveys: assessing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents, physicians, and the general public
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:142. 2009
  9. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 103:43-50. 2009
  10. ncbi The protective effect of community factors on childhood asthma
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1297-304.e2. 2009

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  1. ncbi The prevalence, severity, and distribution of childhood food allergy in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and Smith Child Health Research Program, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60640, USA
    Pediatrics 128:e9-17. 2011
    ..The goal of this study was to better estimate the prevalence and severity of childhood food allergy in the United States...
  2. ncbi The impact of student-directed videos on community asthma knowledge
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Ann and Robert H Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, 225 E Chicago Ave, Box 157, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA
    J Community Health 38:463-70. 2013
    ..The extension of participatory techniques such as Photovoice to include the creation of student-directed PSAs holds promise for engaging adolescents in public health initiatives within their communities...
  3. ncbi Parent report of physician diagnosis in pediatric food allergy
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Center for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 131:150-6. 2013
    ..Childhood food allergy is a serious health problem. However, little is known about the frequency and manner in which it is currently diagnosed...
  4. ncbi Geographic variability of childhood food allergy in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
    Clin Pediatr (Phila) 51:856-61. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of childhood food allergy in the United States...
  5. ncbi The state of pediatric asthma in Chicago's Humboldt Park: a community-based study in two local elementary schools
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 750 N Lake Shore Dr, 10th Fl, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    BMC Pediatr 10:45. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents with food-allergic children in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 21:927-34. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of primary care physicians
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
    Pediatrics 125:126-32. 2010
    ..To provide insight into food allergy knowledge and perceptions among pediatricians and family physicians in the United States...
  8. ncbi Development of the Chicago Food Allergy Research Surveys: assessing knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents, physicians, and the general public
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:142. 2009
    ..The purpose of this paper is to detail the development of the Chicago Food Allergy Research Surveys to assess food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among these three populations...
  9. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs in the United States
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60614, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 103:43-50. 2009
    ..Members of the general public play a significant role in the well-being of food-allergic children, although little is known about the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of food allergy among the public...
  10. ncbi The protective effect of community factors on childhood asthma
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:1297-304.e2. 2009
    ..Asthma burden in the US is not evenly distributed. Although asthma prevalence varies widely across urban neighborhoods, little attention has been paid to the community as a key contributor...
  11. ncbi The association between community crime and childhood asthma prevalence in Chicago
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ilinois, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:299-306. 2010
    ..Little attention has been given to exposure to crime as a possible socioenvironmental contributor to variability in urban childhood asthma prevalence...
  12. ncbi Eliminating asthma disparities: is there evidence of progress?
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Curr Opin Pulm Med 15:72-8. 2009
    ..This review assesses the current status of asthma inequities from the perspective of disease development, progression, and outcomes...
  13. ncbi Geographic variability in childhood asthma prevalence in Chicago
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:639-645.e1. 2008
    ..Childhood asthma prevalence has been shown to be higher in urban communities overall without an understanding of differences by neighborhood...
  14. ncbi A brief intervention to improve food allergy knowledge among US pediatricians: lessons learned
    Elizabeth E Springston
    the Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    Pediatr Allergy Immunol 23:642-7. 2012
    ..To evaluate a brief educational tool for pediatricians developed to address known gaps in food allergy knowledge...
  15. ncbi Characterizing community-based asthma knowledge in Chicago and its high risk neighborhoods
    Anita M Malone
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    J Asthma 45:313-8. 2008
    ..Important misconceptions exist about asthma triggers, signs and symptoms, especially among lower income African American communities, that should be addressed by physicians...
  16. ncbi Food allergy knowledge, attitudes and beliefs: focus groups of parents, physicians and the general public
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
    BMC Pediatr 8:36. 2008
    ..Focus groups were held as a preliminary step in the development of validated survey instruments to assess food allergy knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of parents, physicians, and the general public...
  17. ncbi Variations in quality of life among caregivers of food allergic children
    Elizabeth E Springston
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 105:287-294. 2010
    ..Pediatric food allergy is a serious health problem in the United States. As the number of affected children increases, more caregivers are charged with the responsibility of managing their child's food allergy...
  18. ncbi Child health in child care: a multi-state survey of Head Start and non-Head Start child care directors
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies and Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    J Pediatr Health Care 23:143-9. 2009
    ..Directors of Head Start (HS) and non-Head Start (non-HS) child care centers were surveyed to compare health consultation and screening for and prevalence of health risks among enrolled children...
  19. ncbi Hand hygiene instruction decreases illness-related absenteeism in elementary schools: a prospective cohort study
    Claudia H Lau
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Children s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    BMC Pediatr 12:52. 2012
    ....
  20. ncbi Parent report of childhood shellfish allergy in the United States
    Claudia H Lau
    Smith Child Health Research Program, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Allergy Asthma Proc 33:474-80. 2012
    ..Findings suggest that the impact of disease may be greater than previously reported. Accordingly, efforts are needed to improve awareness and management of shellfish allergy among children in the United States...
  21. ncbi The widening black/white gap in asthma hospitalizations and mortality
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611 3071, USA
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 117:351-8. 2006
    ..Large racial differences in asthma morbidity and mortality have prompted research on new interventions, public awareness, and health policy efforts in the past decade...
  22. ncbi The epidemiology of milk allergy in US children
    Christopher M Warren
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann and Robert H Lurie Children s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 110:370-4. 2013
    ..Milk is one of the most common food allergies in US children, yet little is known about its distribution and diagnosis...
  23. ncbi Readability, suitability, and characteristics of asthma action plans: examination of factors that may impair understanding
    H Shonna Yin
    Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
    Pediatrics 131:e116-26. 2013
    ..We assessed the readability, suitability, and characteristics of asthma action plans, elements that contribute to the effectiveness of action plan use, particularly for those with limited literacy...
  24. ncbi The 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program asthma guidelines: accelerating their implementation and facilitating their impact on children with asthma
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies and Department of Pediatrics, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2300 Children s Plaza, Box 157, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
    Pediatrics 123:S193-8. 2009
    ..The goals of this report are to examine the adoption of earlier versions of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines and to suggest opportunities for rapid adoption of the newly released guidelines...
  25. ncbi Opportunities for health promotion education in child care
    Ruchi S Gupta
    Institute for Healthcare Studies, Children s Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Pediatrics 116:e499-505. 2005
    ..We also sought to understand the health consultants' (health professionals serving as consultants to child care centers) current and desired roles in leading health promotion activities in child care settings...