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AAFA's 2011 State Honor Roll of Asthma and Allergy School Policies

For the fourth year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has released its annual report assessing all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their leadership and progress on school-based policies that address student asthma and allergy health in more than 100,000 elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S. The goal of this report is to identify state-level progress towards better school-based policies, and to provide a blueprint for asthma and allergy advocates nationwide. Does your state make the grade when it comes to school asthma & allergy policies? Full results, including an interactive map, detailed state profiles and charts, are available at www.StateHonorRoll.org For more information contact Liana Burns at liana@aafa.org or 202-466-7643 ext. 252

Each year, the Foundation's report, the “State Honor Roll™ of Asthma and Allergy Policies 

for Schools,” outlines 18 school-related core policies proven to affect positive healthy school 

environments, then assesses each state on how many of these policies they have adopted.  

If a state has enacted at least 15 of the policies, it is listed on the Foundation’s “Honor Roll.”

While thousands of local schools and districts may show innovation and leadership in 

support of students and staff with asthma and allergies, strong state-wide policies are 

lacking throughout the U.S., with some rare bright spots. Visit www.StateHonorRoll.org today to

find out how your state compares!

 

 

Contact Name: 
Liana Burns
Contact Email: 
liana@aafa.org
Contact Phone: 
202-974-1234
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Asthma Guidelines Implementation Steps & Tools (GIST)

A provider education and practice redesign program that helps primary care clinicians use the guidelines in their everyday care of patients with asthma.

The Asthma Guidelines Implementation Steps & Tools (GIST) project was funded in 2009 by the National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI) to develop a program that makes it easier for primary care clinicians to use the NHLBI asthma guidelines in their everyday care of patients with asthma. The Michigan Department of Community Health gathered a statewide team of experts in asthma and practice redesign, and created a set of tools and a program to implement them.

In 2011, NACI funded a second phase for GIST, using asthma champions to promote GIST with health professional audiences, and new practices are welcome to use the GIST materials to improve their asthma care.

GIST Materials can be individualized to suit your organization/practice.

  • Questions About Your Breathing – A tool to help patients provide info about their breathing symptoms and history
    • Given to patients being seen for respiratory complaints, no current diagnosis of asthma
    • Usually given to patient before seeing clinician
  • Asthma Control Test™ – A validated tool to assess patient's level of asthma control
  • Asthma Diagnosis Tool – To help clinician diagnose asthma and assess severity
    • Clinician uses with patient being seen for respiratory complaints
  • Asthma Patient Follow-Up Tool – To help clinician assess level of asthma control then take steps to maintain, increase or decrease treatment
    • Clinician can use with patient being seen for symptomatic asthma visit, scheduled asthma visit, or visit for other reason
  • Stepwise Approach to Managing Asthma – To help clinician determine medication needs and management approach
    • Use steps as initiated on Diagnosis and Follow-Up Tools to determine medication type and dosage, adherence and environmental checks
  • Asthma Action Plan – No set plan for GIST, but many good plans available if needed.
Contact Name: 
Tisa Vorce
Contact Email: 
vorcet@michigan.gov
Contact Phone: 
5173359463
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Ways to Go Green: Environmental Stewardship Guide

Guide for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools community on the CMS environmental footprint. Offers examples of the CMS performance and how you can take action at home, school, and work to help reduce reduce utility consumption, pollution and solid waste.

This Environmental Stewardship Guide is published to provide the CMS community information and insights on the CMS environmental footprint.  It includes examples of the district's environmental performance and offers examples of the efforts you can make to foster stewardship action in your own activities at home, school, and work.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education formalized the CMS commitment to environmental stewardship in Board Policy ECF, "Environmental Stewardship" (p. 2).  The Superintendent has furthered this commitment by including environmental stewardship in the internationally recognized ISO 14001 standard and is tailored to have environmental stewardship integrated into the everyday business of the district (p. 4). 

Environmental Stewardship requires the wide-ranging engagement of staff, students and the community.  The district's goals to reduce utility consumption and pollution by 20%, and solid waste by 5% by June 2014 are possible through your input, participation and leadership.  The snapshot below illustrates the magnitude of the district's environmental footprint.  

Contact Name: 
Kelly Reeves
Contact Email: 
Kelly.reeves@carolinashealthcare.org
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