Coalition

The Northern Manhattan Asthma Basics for Children (ABC) Initiative collaborates with community care organizations to empower parents to better manage their children's asthma.

The South Bronx Asthma Partnership (SOBRAP) is a coalition of more than 50 organizations dedicated to decreasing the burden of asthma in the South Bronx.

Fond du Lac Asthma Management Coalition produces newsletters on asthma/allergy related topics, holds asthma day camp in the summer months, and works with schools to implement EPA's IAQ Tools for Schools Program.

The Self Help, Incorporated Healthy Homes Program reaches out to minority families to connect them with proper services through community education and awareness and advocates on a state and national level for proper and newer asthma guidelines.

Hawaii COPD Coalition provides free lung testing at local pharmacies via monthly clinics, as well as smoking cessation counseling and monthly support groups.

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) works to ensure effective asthma control in the United States by raising awareness about asthma, educating about symptoms and triggers, and fostering partnerships between patients and health professionals.

EPAAC brings together doctors, community and teaching hospitals, school nurses, respiratory technicians, and lay persons to identify persons with asthma, conduct education outreach, and host awareness raising events.

The mission of the New Haven Health Department Asthma Prevention and Management Program is to reduce morbidity and mortality from asthma, decrease the number of missed work and school days as the result of asthma symptoms, and improve quality of life for people with asthma in New Haven.

The Southwest Regional Asthma Coalition, one of nine regions that make up the Minnesota Asthma Coalition, enhances quality of life for people with asthma in Minnesota by planning educational family events, promoting at health fairs and annual functions, creating media for the general public, and educating various groups of people about asthma.

The WCRAC is a coalition made up of health care personnel and others interested in asthma and aims to enhance the quality of life for people with asthma in Minnesota.