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Leading the Way to Better Breathing: Managed Care Organizations and Asthma Home Visiting Services in California

Sponsoring Program Name
Regional Asthma Management and Prevention
Supporting managed care organizations in California – and organizations working with those MCOs – in improving asthma management for MCO members through asthma home visiting services.
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Booklet
Language
English
Literacy Level
Above 6th Grade
Target Audience
Other

Genetics and Pollution Drive Severity of Asthma Symptoms

Sponsoring Program Name
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Rice University, Houston
Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators. The study appeared online in Scientific Reports.
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Other

Climate and Health Knowledge: How much do you know?

Sponsoring Program Name
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Climate change is a significant threat to the health of the American people. EPA has recently published a series of fact sheets focusing on the health impacts of climate change at different stages of life, and for certain populations of concern.
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Fact Sheet
Language
English
Literacy Level
Don't Know
Target Audience
General Community

Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services

Sponsoring Program Name
National Center for Healthy Housing
Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services is a new eLearning and technical assistance platform designed to equip staff in public health agencies, state asthma-control programs, state Medicaid agencies, and other housing and health organizations with information about how to build the systems, infrastructure, and financing to put home-based asthma services in place in their own states, communities, or regions.
Resource Category
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Education/Outreach Materials
Environmental Assessment/Checklist
Implementation Guide
Program Management/Evaluation
Protocol
Quality Improvement
Other
Resource Type
Training Materials
Training/Educational Kit
Other
Language
English
Literacy Level
Above 6th Grade
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
Day Care Personnel
General Community
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel
Tenant
Other

Request for Applications (RFA): National Indoor Environments Program: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants

Sponsoring Program Name
U.S. EPA
New RFA for 2018–2020 now available!


Closing Date: February 17, 2017

Request for Applications (RFA): “National Indoor Environments Program: Reducing Public Exposure to Indoor Pollutants”
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Other

Summary of the 2016 National Asthma Leadership Roundtable

Sponsoring Program Name
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
A new report summarizes the AHIP National Asthma Leadership Roundtable, convened in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report outlines the findings of a national assessment of health plan asthma care activities and describes health plan models that are pioneering the next generation of comprehensive asthma care.
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AsthmaReport_11.18.16.pdf (670.07 KB)
Resource Category
Other
Resource Type
Other

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