Expanding Health Insurance Can Reduce Undiagnosed Pediatric Asthma, RWJF Scholars Find
December 13, 2011 | Story
But it may not reduce acute care and emergency department utilization.
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An Innovative Device to Detect Patterns of Asthma and Improve Treatment
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
Scholar Finds Link between Asthma Rates and Certain Crimes
July 19, 2010 | Story
To understand what really contributes to the high number of children with asthma, a Scholar looks at a surprising environmental factor—violence. Her new research will involve kids, while teaching them new skills.
RWJF Health & Society Scholar's Data-Aggregating Asthma Tool Gets a NASA-Style LAUNCH
November 17, 2010 | Story
David Van Sickle's "smart inhaler" technology in spotlight at forum on solving urgent health care challenges.
"Asthmapolis"
June 14, 2010 | Story
In the 1980s, public health officials in Barcelona, Spain, began to notice a series of asthma outbreaks that resulted in unusually high numbers of emergency room visits.
Harold Amos National Advisory Committee Member Finds Way to Help Minority Asthmatic Children
February 21, 2010 | Story
Glenn Flores discovers that parent mentors help reduce wheezing, asthma complications and emergency department visits in African-American and Latino children.
THEME 2: Changing Physician Practices
October 6, 2008 | Story
Physician Training Highlights Needs of Children With AsthmaThe typical 15-minute appointment does not give physicians much time to learn about the challenges facing pediatric asthma patients and their parents in their everyday lives.
THEME 3: Empowering the Community
October 1, 2008 | Story
Long BeachMoms Advocate for Clean Air"I don't understand much about politics-believe me, not a whole lot," Evangelina Ramirez, speaking in her native Spanish, tells a Long Beach forum on local air pollution in early 2005.
THEME 5: The Benefits of Coalitions
October 1, 2008 | Story
The breadth and diversity of the local Allies Against Asthma coalitions enabled them to mount a broad-based attack on childhood asthma."They didn't just focus on physicians or families or policy change.
Allies Against Asthma: Five Themes
October 1, 2008 | Story
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national program Allies Against Asthma (Allies) uses a community coalition approach for controlling asthma in children living in low-income, minority neighborhoods.