Asthma Program Manager

Asthma inequitably affects Tribal communities. Asthma home visiting services can help Tribes reduce asthma disparities while also addressing other challenges like poor housing quality and growing climate concerns including wildfire smoke. 

On Monday, June 3, 2024, Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) hosted a webinar for participants to learn about: 

• In-home asthma services and how they improve respiratory health
• How different services can be built around current community programming
• No-cost resources available to help you move forward

Speakers included: 

• Shasta Gaughen, Director, Pala Environmental Department, Pala Band of Mission Indians.
• Shawn Blackshear, Environmental Public Health Director, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
• Anne Kelsey Lamb, Director, Regional Asthma Management & Prevention
• Joel Ervice, Associate Director, Regional Asthma Management & Prevention

Both English and Spanish versions of the webinar with closed captioning are available.

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.

The Maine Asthma Prevention and Control Program--the 2024 winner of the National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management--measured the costs and economic benefits of the Maine In-Home Asthma Education Program to improve the efficacy of the program and demonstrate the improved asthma outcomes that the program achieved. This resource documents the economic evaluation methods and results.