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Wee Breathers in Spanish

Sponsoring Program Name: 
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has created a Spanish-language version of our Wee Breathers™ program, which is designed to educate families and young children about asthma care and prevention.

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has created a Spanish-language version of its Wee Breathers™ program, which is designed to educate families and young children about asthma care and prevention.

Asthma is a growing concern in the Hispanic community, especially for Puerto Ricans who have the highest rate of asthma attacks and asthma prevalence 80% higher than non-Hispanic whites. AAFA is dedicated to ensuring that people with asthma have access to educational resources to help reduce the burden of this chronic disease. Wee Breathers™ in Spanish is designed to reach people who are disproportionately affected by asthma and may have low English-language proficiency.  

Wee Breathers™ is a flexible and interactive program used by asthma educators to families of pre-school-age children. The program curriculum consists of seven one-hour lessons, an instructor’s guide and two checklists for identifying asthma triggers in the home and in child care centers. Program handout materials are easy-to-read (6th grade reading level or lower) and are now available in Spanish. Instructors for this program should be a Certified Asthma Educator (AE-C), or other health professional experienced with pediatric asthma management.

Since young children spend most of their time at home or in other caregiver sites like child care centers, Wee Breathers™ was designed to educate families one-on-one in their homes or with a group of parents in a child care setting. The program was developed and reviewed by an advisory team of asthma education professionals, then field-tested with experienced English- and Spanish-speaking asthma educators across the US.

Wee Breathers™ in Spanish is made possible by a cooperative agreement between AAFA and the National Asthma Control Program of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All program materials are available free-of-charge at www.aafa.org/WeeBreathers.

Contact Name: 
Jacqui Vok
Resource Category: 
Education/Outreach Materials
Resource Type: 
Training Materials
Language: 
Spanish
Target Audience: 
Asthma Educator

Baseline Parent/Caregiver Survey, MCAN Care Coordination Initiative English & Spanish Versions

Sponsoring Program Name: 
Merck Childhood Asthma Network
The concept of Care Coordination for the MCAN sites was defined as a— "a client-centered, assessment-based interdisciplinary approach to integrating heath care and social support services in which an individual's needs and preferences are assessed, a comprehensive care plan is developed, and services are managed and monitored by a care coordinator following evidence-based standards of care." — From The Promise of Care Coordination a report commissioned by the National Coalition on Care Coordination.

The four Care Coordination program sites participated in a cross-site evaluation led by the Center for Managing Chronic Disease at the University of Michigan to assess outcome and process measures focused on care coordination and clinical outcomes.  The following survey was the source for quantitative cross-site data, and was administered at baseline. Preliminary findings from this initiative across four program sites indicate that the percent of participants with “not well controlled” asthma decreased from 49 percent at baseline to 18 percent at 12 month follow-up.  

File Attachment: 
PDF icon Baseline Parent Caregiver Survey - English and Spanish.pdf
Contact Name: 
Contact Email: 
Contact Phone: 
Resource Category: 
Other
Resource Type: 
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Language: 
English
Spanish
Literacy Level: 
Don't Know
Target Audience: 
Other Health Care Provider

Follow-up Parent/Caregiver Survey, MCAN Care Coordination Initiative English & Spanish Versions

Sponsoring Program Name: 
Merck Childhood Asthma Network
The concept of Care Coordination for the MCAN sites was defined as a— "a client-centered, assessment-based interdisciplinary approach to integrating heath care and social support services in which an individual's needs and preferences are assessed, a comprehensive care plan is developed, and services are managed and monitored by a care coordinator following evidence-based standards of care." — From The Promise of Care Coordination a report commissioned by the National Coalition on Care Coordination.

The four Care Coordination program sites participated in a cross-site evaluation led by the Center for Managing Chronic Disease at the University of Michigan to assess outcome and process measures focused on care coordination and clinical outcomes.  The following survey was the source for quantitative cross-site data, and was administered at 12 months.  Preliminary findings from this initiative across four program sites indicate that the percent of participants with “not well controlled” asthma decreased from 49 percent at baseline to 18 percent at 12 month follow-up.  

File Attachment: 
PDF icon Follow-up Parent Caregiver Survey - English and Spanish.pdf
Contact Name: 
Contact Email: 
Contact Phone: 
Resource Category: 
Other
Resource Type: 
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Language: 
English
Spanish
Literacy Level: 
Don't Know
Target Audience: 
Other Health Care Provider

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