Asthma Program Manager

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). A previous review concluded that these interventions were effective in reducing asthma morbidity among children and adolescents. Of the 1,551 studies identified for inclusion in the review, 13 were selected. Each of these had program costs ranging from $231-$14,858 per participant per year.  This range was affected by completeness of their program cost data, level of intensity of the environmental remediation, the type of educational component included, the professional status of the home visitor and the frequency of visits by the home visitor. The study ultimately found that the benefits from these kinds of interventions can "match or even exceed their program costs" and that "these programs provide a good value for dollars spent on the interventions."

Each year, the Foundation's report, the “State Honor Roll™ of Asthma and Allergy Policies 

for Schools,” outlines 18 school-related core policies proven to affect positive healthy school 

environments, then assesses each state on how many of these policies they have adopted.  

If a state has enacted at least 15 of the policies, it is listed on the Foundation’s “Honor Roll.”

While thousands of local schools and districts may show innovation and leadership in 

support of students and staff with asthma and allergies, strong state-wide policies are 

lacking throughout the U.S., with some rare bright spots. Visit www.StateHonorRoll.org today to

find out how your state compares!

EICA was one of 14 community-based initiatives conducted by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Partners for Asthma Action (formerly Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project). EICA was an in-home program with goals of:

1. Reducing asthma symptoms by lessening exposure to environmental asthma triggers in the home environment.
2. Reducing school absences.
3. Decreasing health service utilization and thereby reducing health care costs.

EICA was modeled after two successful home-environment modification programs for children with asthma in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metropolitan area—Environmental Action for Children’s Health led by Minneapolis Environmental Regulatory Services and funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Minnesota Department of Health’s Reducing Environmental Triggers for Asthma funded by the Environmental Protection Agency.