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Environmental management of pediatric asthma education for health care providers

As part of the National Environmental Education Foundation’s (NEEF) Pediatric Asthma Initiative, a faculty champion in the region is taking a leadership role in integrating environmental management of pediatric asthma into education and practice at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and throughout Region 9.

Pediatric Asthma Program, educational service for inpatients and outpatients

I am a Community Health Worker who visits homes of asthma patients ages 5-11yrs. old.

Pediatric Case Management Services provides asthma education, presentations, and training to community health educators, school personnel, community agencies, and health care providers serving underserved communities.

Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center aims to improve asthma outcomes in children in underserved communities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through asthma education, research, and advocacy.

Pediatric Home Service aims to decrease missed school days, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions from asthma.

Educate families of patients admitted for asthma symptoms. Provide Asthma Action Plan and assess for further referrals, such as pulmonology.

Pedipress Asthma Publications offers comprehensive asthma management materials and programs developed by Dr. Plaut.

The Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership (PAP) gathers asthma champions from across the state to work toward a common goal of reducing the burden of asthma in Pennsylvania.

The Division of School Health provides technical assistance to all school entities in the Commonwealth. Our goal is a safe and healthy environment in order to assist all students in achieving academic success.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health Asthma Control Program works to improve the health and quality of life of all Pennsylvania residents affected by asthma.

The Philadelphia Allies Against Asthma is a coalition whose goal is to reduce asthma-related morbidity among children in Philadelphia.

Community-based care coordination service for children living with asthma and their families.

The Phillipsburg Education Association was established to eliminate asthma triggers in schools.

The Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) program was created to enhance treatment of asthma and the physician-patient partnership. The multi-faceted seminar was developed to improve physician awareness, ability, and application of communication and therapeutic skills for asthma. The PACE curriculum provides education for clinicians on how to employ the best current therapies for asthma.

The Center for Managing Chronic Disease is undertaking a study comparing two educational interventions designed specifically for physicians. The PACE Plus (Physician Asthma Care Education Plus Cultural Competency Training) study provides an advanced "state of the art" asthma management program for physicians and assesses its effect on their Latino and African American pediatric asthma patients and families.

Asthma Education