Asthma Program Evaluator

This is the first issue of the National Asthma Control Program’s
(NACP) quarterly newsletter, Asthma Quick Takes. This newsletter includes
recent important publications on asthma, relevant news, and program
successes and challenges for those involved in public health interventions for asthma.

Developed by ORCAS in collaboration with the American Lung Association, Lungtropolis® is a powerful, inexpensive tool for giving parents and children the information and guidance they need to manage asthma.

Findings from the Washington Heights/Inwood Network (WIN) for Asthma program were featured in an online article of the American Journal of Public Health. The article, "Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative," points to the importance of community health workers in bridging gaps in care, providing culturally appropriate education and services and connecting families to the best clinical and social resources for those most in need.

Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; the Merck Childhood Asthma Network; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the US Environmental Protection Agency

This review identifies economic values of home-based, multi-trigger, multi-component interventions with an environmental focus and presents ranges for the main economic outcomes (e.g., program costs, benefit-cost ratios and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios).

The evaluation of Environmental Improvements for Children with Asthma (EICA) indicated significant improvement on asthma-related health service utilization, quality of life outcomes, and return on investment. While other studies have shown positive results from home-based environmental assessment and modifications for children with asthma, this is the first to measure an impact on symptom burden and report actual return on investment.

Pilot Project-Care For Their Air Logic Model (Georgia Asthma Control Program) displayed in the 10/24 webinar.

Pilot Project-EPA Region 4 Asthma Program Contacts (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS,NC.SC,TN) for all programs. go to: http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/contacts/default.htm

Pilot Project-Asthma Trigger Poster to use at Head Start and Childcare Centers to help the children identify environmental asthma triggers. Works with the coloring book.

Pilot Project -Parent Training-Environmental Asthma Triggers