The SA Kids Building Relationships, Effective Asthma Teaching in Home Environments, or SA Kids BREATHE (SAKB) program is a free city program. It was created in partnership with the South Texas Asthma Coalition. The program addresses high hospitalization rates among children with asthma.
Its primary goal is to improve the quality of the lives of children with asthma by teaching them and their families the best practices to control their asthma. The SAKB program helps keep kids out of the hospital, keep kids in school and active, keep parents at work, and save families and healthcare systems money.
We educate and support families of children with asthma. We meet families in their homes (or virtually) to improve their child's asthma control. This involves 3 visits at home over a 4-month period, communication with the health care provider and school or daycare, and support is provided over a 12-month period, as needed.
These services are provided by Community Health Workers (CHWs), who are guided by a Certified Asthma Educator and Registered Respiratory Therapist. Translation services are available.
Children diagnosed with asthma must meet the following criteria to participate: (1) between 3 to 17 years of age, (2) live within Bexar County, Texas, and (3) have uncontrolled asthma (must meet at least one of five criteria listed on our webpage). Anyone, including concerned caregivers, can refer a child to this program.