Community

The North Brooklyn Health Network - Asthma Program serves poor, multi-ethnic, medically underserved communities in Brooklyn, specifically targeting disparities of access to quality asthma care.

Kern County Department of Public Health reduces the burden of asthma through collaborative activities that are conceptualized, developed, implemented, and evaluated by community and county asthma stakeholders/leaders through a comprehensive and inclusive assessment of assets, needs, and priorities.

AsthmaMoms was created in 2000 and was one of the first on-line resources to include videos and bilingual information.

The American Lung Association of Utah promotes asthma management and lung health through asthma education, outreach and partnerships with the Utah Department of Health and other leading community groups.

The American Lung Association of Utah works with their region to promote asthma programs and lung health. The ALAU is unique because it also has a strong partnership with the Utah Department of Health Asthma Program.

The American Association of School Administrators addresses the issues of indoor air quality and asthma in schools, providing information, tools and resources geared toward school system leaders.

The Mississippi Association of Educators was formed after community college staff and faculty began to experience asthma symptoms as a result of their indoor environments.

The Children’s RESPIRA Education Program provides bilingual medical and educational services to Latino families with asthmatic children in Essex, Union, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey.

Clean Air Council works in medically under-served communities of Philadelphia to educate asthmatics, caregivers, and parents about indoor and outdoor environmental triggers and connects them with free or low-cost health and asthma management services.

The goal of ZAP asthma is to improve the health and quality of children with asthma who live in inner city communities, thereby reducing school days lost, caregiver work days missed, and decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizations.