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Landlord Engagement for Healthy Housing Evaluation

Sponsoring Program Name
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The 2024 winner of the National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management, the Maine Asthma Prevention and Control Program, commissioned a formative, mixed-methods evaluation to better understand the progress that landlords have been making in Maine to prevent and address environmental hazards within their rental unites, as well as the effective methods to reach and support landlords with these efforts. Maine CDC used this evaluation to improve program efficacy and demonstrate the improved asthma outcomes that the program achieved. This resource documents the evaluation methods and findings.
Resource Category
Program Management/Evaluation
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Language
English
Target Audience
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager

Webinar on reimbursement for environmental services for asthma

Sponsoring Program Name
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
A half-day event March 31 from 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM ET, the 2021 Asthma Convening will explore best practices and emerging issues in comprehensive asthma programming as well as policy considerations for asthma advocates in 2021 and beyond. This virtual event is an opportunity to learn more about GHHI's National Initiative for Asthma Reimbursement, network with asthma programs operating across the country, and explore opportunities to take your program to the next level.
Resource Category
Environmental Assessment/Checklist
Resource Type
Presentation Slides
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Adult With Asthma
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Child With Asthma
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
General Asthma Population
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
Tenant

Clearing the Air: An Asthma Toolkit for Healthy Schools

Sponsoring Program Name
Health Resources in Action
In any given classroom, at least two or three students are likely to have asthma. Clearing the Air: An Asthma Toolkit for Healthy Schools is a new toolkit containing sample policy language, best practices, and curated resources & tools to help schools create an asthma-friendly environment. This is a project of the MA Asthma Action Partnership, Health Resources in Action, and the MA DPH’s Asthma Prevention and Control Program.
Resource Category
School
Resource Type
Training/Educational Kit
Language
English
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Adult With Asthma
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Child With Asthma
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
Day Care Personnel
General Asthma Population
General Community
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel

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

Asthma in Children Infographic: Symptoms, Triggers and Treatments

An infographic from Home Clean Expert that visually explains the symptoms, triggers and treatments of childhood asthma.
File Attachment
asthma-in-children-infographic.jpg (675.83 KB)
Resource Category
Education/Outreach Materials
Resource Type
Website
Language
English
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Child With Asthma
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
Day Care Personnel
General Asthma Population
General Community
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel
Tenant
Other

Community Health Worker Home Visits for Medicaid-Enrolled Children With Asthma: Effects on Asthma Outcomes and Costs

Sponsoring Program Name
Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA
The King County Asthma Program in Seattle, Washington, developed a community health worker (CHW) home visit program (Healthy Homes) and demonstrated its effectiveness. They designed a streamlined version of the program that was simpler and cost less to implement to facilitate broad dissemination and adoption. Here they reported on the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and ROI of a streamlined Healthy Homes program.
Resource Category
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker

Utilizing the Community Health Worker Model to communicate strategies for asthma self-management and self-advocacy among public housing residents

Sponsoring Program Name
Sinai Urban Health Institute
The Helping Children Breathe and Thrive in Chicago’s Public Housing (HCBT) project was developed based upon previous asthma interventions implemented at SUHI, mainly the Healthy Home, Healthy Child (HHHC) initiative. HHHC has proven to be an effective model for addressing poorly controlled asthma in the primarily African American, underserved community of North Lawndale. HCBT built upon this model in order to translate it to Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) properties.
Resource Category
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Program Management/Evaluation
Other
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Website
Language
English
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker
Other

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) 2015 State Honor Roll Report

Sponsoring Program Name
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
The report helps identify states with the most comprehensive and preferred statewide public policies supporting people with asthma, food allergies, anaphylaxis and related allergic diseases in U.S. elementary, middle and high schools.
Resource Category
Asthma Friendly Policies
School
Resource Type
Website
Language
English
Target Audience
Adult With Asthma
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Child With Asthma
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
General Asthma Population
Parent/Caregiver
School Personnel

Genesis TPM Asthma Program

Genesis TPM Asthma Program
Resource Category
Asthma Care Plan/Action Plan
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Program Management/Evaluation
School
Resource Type
Presentation Slides
Website
Other
Language
English
Spanish
Target Audience
Adolescent With Asthma
Adult With Asthma
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Child With Asthma
Community Organization
General Asthma Population
Other Health Care Provider
Parent/Caregiver
Physician
School Personnel

Full Transcript-Getting Ahead of Asthma: How States are Implementing Primary Prevention to Reduce the Onset of Asthma

Looking for more resources on how primary prevention can reduce the onset of asthma? View this resource to learn key themes from the full Podcast Episode 13 transcript.
File Attachment
Podcast Episode 13_Full Transcript.docx (51.29 KB)
Resource Category
Asthma Care Plan/Action Plan
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool
Community Setting
Education/Outreach Materials
Health Care Setting
Home/Housing
Implementation Guide
Resource Type
Document (PDF, Word, Excel)
Other
Language
English
Literacy Level
Don't Know
Target Audience
Asthma Educator
Asthma Program Evaluator
Asthma Program Manager
Community Health Worker
Community Organization
General Community
Landlord/Housing Personnel
Other Health Care Provider

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