The King County Asthma Program provides home-based education and support intervention for reducing asthma morbidity and urgent health service utilization among low-income and ethnically diverse adults and children with asthma in King County.
Please see website for history and details.
Current prioties include
1) Improving quality of primary care through learning collaboratives.
2) Facilitating communication between hospitals and emeregency departments and primary care providers at time of discharge.
3) Providing asthma self-management support and help with trigger reduction through home visits by community health workers.
4) Seeking stable funding for home visits through Medicaid and health plan resources.
5) Promoting implementation of medication self-carry policies in schools.
6) Working with local public housing agencies to assure suitable accomodations
7) Working with local housing permiting and planning agencies to develop certification for "green and healthy" housing.