Brew B, Gibberd A, Marks GB, et al. - Researchers conducted the study for identifying and quantifying potentially preventable risk factors for hospitalised asthma in Australian Aboriginal children (1–4 years of age). Birth, hospital and emergency data were correlated with all Aboriginal children born in Western Australia from 2003 to 2012 (n = 32,333). Asthma from hospitalisation codes was identified. Findings revealed that there were 705 (2.7%) children who were hospitalized for asthma at least once. Asthma-related risk factors included: hospitalised for an ARTI, area-level disadvantage, birth at < 33 weeks of gestation or birth weight < 1,500 g. Data reported that the proportion of asthma attributable to an ARTI was 31%, area-level disadvantage 18%, maternal smoking 5%, and low gestational age and birth weight were 3%–7%. In those children who were from remote areas, the authors did not find a greater incidence of asthma. It can help reduce the burden of asthma in the indigenous population by improving care for pregnant Aboriginal women as well as Aboriginal infants with ARTI.