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Wondering what air cleaners are all about – and if one will help your family breathe easier at home?
Healthcare professionals often recommend them; manu- facturers cite scientific data that proves their systems
remove pollutants from the air; but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cautions there’s no proof they actually improve users’ health.
At the same time, some AANMA members suggest any- thing that gives them even the slightest help in reducing asthma episodes is worth having. You decide. Air cleaners should play just one part of an overall strategy to reduce allergens and irritants in your home....More in the attached PDF.

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 

The New England Asthma Innovations Collaborative (NEAIC) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation-funded Healthcare Innovation Award.  NEAIC is a multi-state, multi-sector partnership that includes health care providers, payers, and policy makers aimed at creating an innovative Asthma Marketplace in New England that will increase the supply and demand for high-quality, cost-effective health care services delivered to Medicaid children with severe asthma.  Convened by the Asthma Regional Council of New England (a program of Health Resources in Action), NEAIC's 8 provider partners will see over 1400 children over 3 years.  The Suggested Supplies list was designed to guide NEAIC provider sites that were new to asthma home visiting and to standardize required supplies across the 8 sites.