Asthma Program Manager

12-minute streaming presentation by Krista Ward on the experience of the organization "Breathe California Golden Gate Public Health Partnership" in providing asthma education to child care staff in the San Francisco Bay Area. This video will be of particular interest to program managers and others who organize this work. It describes how Breathe California provided training, and helped to institutionalize practices addressing asthma/environmental triggers, and includes a discussion of an "Asthma-Friendly Child Care" award to a Head Start staff member.

Asthma affects people of all ages, genders and socioeconomic status, but its occurs at disproportionately higher rates among some ethnic populations. The Hispanic/Latino population is one of the most affected in the US, with more than 3 million reported. Communication and language barriers are usually blamed. In this new website, Hispanic families can find answers about prevention, symptoms, medications and control. It also offers publications, fact sheets and brochures for free download.

Draft encourages students to bring an asthma action plan to school and carry their inhalers. He also invites people with asthma to get others involved with their asthma management – teachers, friends, etc. The article includes a sidebar that asks readers to share their story at Chris’s web site www.asthmateam.org and watch his EPA Public Service Announcement video “Asthma Can Be Tackled.”