The Story of Caleb Mahan
November 18, 2009 | Program Results Report
Caleb Mahan was 6 years old when he had his first asthma attack. It came without warning and was severe.
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The Story of Fransheska and Her Younger Sister Yolamar
November 18, 2009 | Program Results Report
Fransheska and younger sister, Yolamar, members of an immigrant Puerto Rican family living in Rochester, N.Y., have had asthma since early childhood.
Brief Interventions by Primary Care Physicians Trained in Asthma Management Improve Pediatric Asthma Care
October 6, 2009 | Program Results Report
A research team from the University of Michigan School of Public Health expanded the Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) project, which it had developed in the 1990s.
Allies Against Asthma: A Program to Combine Clinical and Public Health Approaches to Chronic Illness
June 1, 2009 | Program Results Report
Allies Against Asthma supported the efforts of seven community-based coalitions to improve the management of pediatric asthma in their areas.
Improving Asthma Care for Children
June 4, 2006 | Program Results Report
Improving Asthma Care for Children was a national program of RWJF to test new approaches to managing asthma in children receiving care through Medicaid managed care - sometimes paid for through the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Managing Pediatric Asthma: Emergency Department Demonstration Program
December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
The Managing Pediatric Asthma: Emergency Department Demonstration Program developed and tested emergency department-based systems to improve pediatric asthma care.
Texas Hospitals Reduce Emergency Department Visits by Educating Families of Pediatric Asthma Patients
December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
Baylor College of Medicine collected information on emergency department pediatric asthma visits and studied the impact of an intervention to educate ED pediatric asthma patients and parents in managing the disease.
Milwaukee Hospital Develops Web-Based Pediatric Asthma Tracking System and Educational Program for Emergency Department Visits
December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
Emergency Department Allies brought together Children's Hospital and Health System and five collaborating hospitals to develop a tracking system to monitor emergency department pediatric asthma care.
Washington Hospital Opens Asthma Clinic that Reduces Emergency Department Visits, Improves Care
December 1, 2006 | Program Results Report
Children's National Medical Center implemented an emergency department-based demonstration project to improve the care of children with asthma. The main focus was developing a clinic for repeat patients and their parents.
New Englanders May Breathe Easier Thanks to Asthma Coalition
August 13, 2004 | Program Results Report
From 2002 to 2003, staff from the New England Asthma Regional Council developed both new programming and a fundraising plan to address environmental causes of asthma.