Training Materials

Reducing Enviromental Triggers in the Home – FREE Online training

The Minnesota Department of Health would like you to be aware of the “new” URL to the online training: Reducing Environmental Asthma Triggers in the home. Go to: https://apps.health.state.mn.us/asthmahealthyhomes/
Reducing Enviromental Triggers in the Home – FREE Online training
The program is designed for public health nurses and certified asthma educators (AE-C) and anyone else interesed in learning about reducing asthma triggers in the home.
 
Two Part Training:
Part 1 – 40 minute training - includes a walk through home assessment exercise to explain steps to reduce or eliminate found triggers.
·         Review indoor triggers
·         How to identify these triggers
·         Steps to reduce these triggers
Part 2 – Resource Section - includes printable information on topics covered in the video and tools to use while conducting a home assessment.
·         Training topics
·         Asthma basics
·         Medical Management
·         Home assessment tools
Contact Name: 
Kelly A. Raatz
Contact Email: 
kelly.raatz@state.mn.us
Contact Phone: 
651-201-5899
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2014 Climate Change Indicators Guide

US EPA's Guide to Climate Change Indicators

The EPA and U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released two reports on Climate Change Indicators for 2014. Given that approximately 26 million Americans have asthma, it is important to understand and reduce the negative health impacts caused by climate change. For more information please view the website and download the attached guide.

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Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers

Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers Archived Training Webinar, hosted by the Children's Environmental Health Network and the National Environmental Education Foundation

This webinar will highlight one of the modules included in CEHN's revised training resource titled "Training Manual on Pediatric Environmental Health: Putting It Into Practice".

The presentations will provide participants with an overview of the Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers. They will include an outline of relevant competencies in environmental health and discuss the importance of interventions to control environmental hazards in children's homes and other primary settings as part of a complete pediatric asthma management plan. Information on helpful resources will also be provided. Join the Children's Environmental Health Network (CEHN) and the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) for the first of our 2013 children's environmental health webinar series.

The webinar can be found here: http://www.neefusa.org/health/asthma-webinar2-archive.htm 

Contact Name: 
Jane Chang
Contact Email: 
jchang@neefusa.org
Contact Phone: 
202-261-6475
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