Check out a list of awareness activities and community-wide events going on in May!

Meet the Medikidz characters live and learn about “Medikidz Explain Asthma!”

Take a look at how one coalition in Central California is addressing provider awareness

The Alameda County Asthma Coalition will be welcoming families to Oakland's Fairyland on May 7.

Asthma Awareness Event in East St. Louis! This event will feature asthma and health resources, activity tables, refreshments, AND special guests-- St. Louis Cardinal's Fredbird and the JJK Healthy Dancers. The East St. Louis Mayor will make an official Asthma Proclamation highlighting May as Asthma Awareness Month. There will also be a special message delivered by Jackie Joyner Kersee, one of the all-time greatest olympic track star's that knows first hand the impact asthma can have on one's daily activities!

Recently, there has been an increased effort among states to create Community Health Worker (CHW) certification programs. Currently in 2015, two states, Florida (HB 285/SB 482) and North Dakota (SB 2321), are considering CHW certification bills. In 2014, three states, Illinois (HB 5412), Maryland (HB 856/SB 592) and New Mexico (SB 58), enacted legislation establishing a CHW certification program.

In the latter half of the 20th century, Los Angeles had, by many measures, higher levels of photochemical air pollutants than any other major city in the United States. To address this problem, the California Air Resources Board and its partners became leaders in quantifying the health effects of air pollutants and in aggressively implementing pollution-control strategies.

Authored by: Douglas W. Dockery, Sc.D., and James H. Ware, Ph.D.

What is the Asthma Coalition of Los Angeles doing for Asthma Awareness Month?