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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.
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Alexis Levy, a communications associate at the Foundation, reports on the development and execution of the Foundation's efforts to reduce childhood asthma.
August 1, 2003 | Program Results Report
The Spirit of Caring Mobile Health Clinic, which provides primary health care to low-income, uninsured children in the Chula Vista Elementary School District in California, expanded its services to include asthma education, screening and treatment.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital created a multidisciplinary team to develop an improved protocol for asthma patients in the emergency department (ED). The result was the addition of a dedicated respiratory therapist in the ED f ...
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Adding home health visits by community health workers for families already receiving in-clinic support from asthma nurses, gives their asthmatic children 24 more symptom-free days per year on average and also modestly improves quality of life for caregivers.
January 29, 2002 | Program Results Report
Beth Israel Hospital Association developed Passaic Asthma Reduction Effort. PARE! assessed the incidence of asthma in the city of Passaic and developed an asthma management plan focused on the city's Hispanic population.
National Program
To support community-based coalitions aimed at improving efforts to control pediatric asthma.
July 24, 2006 | Program Results Report
The Corporacion de Servicios de Salud y Medicina Avanzada developed a chronic disease prevention and control project to reach into rural communities and help educate those with chronic illnesses manage their own care.
December 9, 2004 | Program Results Report
The Peter Christiansen Health Center of the Lac du Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa piloted an evidence-based medicine/continuous quality improvement model of care for diabetes, asthma and heart disease.
October 17, 2008 | Program Results Report
Researchers at Duke University built a model based on geographic information systems to integrate highly localized geographic data with other health, demographic and environmental data to analyze local health issues in six NC counties.