Community

Pediatric Asthma Program, educational service for inpatients and outpatients

The Pediatric Asthma Program is a program that provides services to children (up to age 18) who have asthma, their families and the community on how to control and prevent asthma episodes. Services provided are free and include: Education - learn how to manage asthma and prevent problems that can occur; Tools - learn what information and equipment is needed to treat asthma at different ages; & Resources - learn about local support in your community for asthma awareness.

Early Childhood Asthma program (ECAP) is a two-year asthma initiative by the Community Regional Medical Center aimed at reducing the asthma burden among 0 to 5 year old asthmatic children in Fresno County, California. The program is funded by the 'First Five of Fresno' and is effective from Jan 2009 to Dec 2010. The program has three components A: Asthma education for asthmatic patients, families, school, community workers, and physicians B: Home environmental component with home environmental assessment, education and asthma trigger intervention at home by a community health worker C: Clinical component of early diagnosis, assessment, and management of asthma in 0 to 5 year old children, all activities in compliance with the 2007 EPR 3 asthma guidelines.

Program to educate Health Care Providers

Founded in 2005 from a grant from the WI asthma coalition to address higher incidence of ER visits and hospitalizations related to asthma in our community, especially in the 0-4 age group.

School Based asthma management program.

Northwest Colorado VNA Pulmonary Health Program provides asthma education to uninsured and underinsured children and adults in 3 northwest Colorado communities. Funding also assists patients obtain medications and testing as needed.

Community-based care coordination service for children living with asthma and their families.

The Childhood Asthma Linkages in Missouri (CALM) project was designed by the Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) to support the implementation and expansion of comprehensive, innovative and evidence-based programs to improve health outcomes for school-age children with asthma. Specifically, CALM supports program models led by hospitals, school districts or university-based health centers that utilize community-based approaches to build successful linkages among those responsible for asthma care in children. The University of Michigan Center for Managing Chronic Disease (CMCD) is conducting a comprehensive evaluation of the CALM program that will result in common cross-site assessment of reach, linkages, sustainability of efforts, and asthma-related outcomes.

Frederick Memorial Healthcare System is dedicated to its community to provide educational opportunities to better manage their disease. We have certified clinical asthma educators that offer an exciting Asthma Awareness Program that will help form stronger relationships between the healthcare professionals and their surrounding communities. Our program is a community service that includes information on basis asthma facts, symptoms, triggers, medications, and their ways of administration. A crucial step in asthma control is the development of an Asthma Action Plan.