Asthma Program Manager

Managing Asthma in the School Environment: What NEA Members Need to Know is a free, 1.5 hour course that will educate NEA members (and other members of the school community such as parents, principals, superintendents, and facility managers) about asthma so that they can help students better manage their asthma while at school.

Developed by Gail V. Barrington, PhD, CMC, CE. Barrington Research Group, this document provides eight lessons for improving program evaluation. Presented at the Summer Evaluation Institute, American Evaluation Association & The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this guide aims to assist evaluators and their clients in the process of engaging stakeholders—those with a stake or interest in the program, policy, or initiative being evaluated. The guide should assist philanthropy, but also the field of evaluation more generally, as it seeks to increase the value and usefulness of evaluation.

This course provides a holistic approach to planning and evaluating education
and outreach programs. It helps program practitioners use and apply logic
models - a framework and way of thinking to help us improve our work and be
accountable for results. You will learn what a logic model is and how to use one
for planning, implementation, evaluation or communicating about your program.

This one-page, step-by-step guidance provides helpful hints for comprehensive asthma management.

As part of a comprehensive asthma management program, home visits can provide people with asthma an extra level of support and can contribute to the success and sustainability of a health plan’s asthma disease management program. EPA's new guide, Implementing An Asthma Home Visit Program: 10 Steps To Help Health Plans Get Started, offers step-by-step instructions on how to start an asthma home visit program with a particular emphasis on environmental risk factor management.

Background. The National Asthma Education Prevention Program's (NAEPP) Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3) guidelines have stressed the need for environmental control measures for asthma, but there is limited evidence of their efficacy. To examine the effectiveness of an in-home asthma intervention program for children and adults in Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Health conducted a panel study to analyze quality-of-life indicators for asthmatic patients and the cost–benefit relationship in preventive care versus acute care.

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)'s Asthma Action Plan template is an easy-to-use, medically reviewed resource -- we get many requests for this from school nurses!

Toolkit provides a detailed and comprehensive set of tools to help you make written material in printed formats easier for people to read, understand, and use. This resource is referenced throughout the TalkingQuality site. It provides valuable guidance on
• Developing clear, effective and well-organized written materials. Learn more at http://talkingquality.ahrq.gov/content/learnmore/tips/tip2.aspx.
• Learning about design and working with design professionals. Learn more at http://talkingquality.ahrq.gov/content/learnmore/tips/resourcebasic.aspx.
• Testing your materials with your audience. Learn more at
http://talkingquality.ahrq.gov/content/learnmore/tips/tip7.aspx.

Preventing Asthma Attacks among Native American Children