Community

Seneca County Head Start provides quality, comprehensive services to pre-school aged children and their families, providing information and education about proper nutrition, immunizations, well child visits, and environmental health.

Mid City Community Clinic Pediatrics is a comprehensive asthma program for children ages 0-18 years in a community health center setting that provides a medical home for asthma patients along with case-management and in-home education.

The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Michigan Chapter provides accurate and reliable information and programs to assist patients, families, schools, health care staff, and employers better understand the nature, scope, treatment, and course of asthma and allergies through formal education and training, informal lectures, and community outreach.

Luzerne County Asthma Coalition comprises representation from the hospital/clinic system, medical providers, nurses, health plans, and others to implement a pilot project whereby Asthma Care Packages are distributed at clinic sites to newly diagnosed pediatric patients.

Through a collaborative approach between schools, family centers, medical providers and families, the Asthma Initiative addresses asthma management for the elementary-level child and his/her family.

The New York City Childhood Asthma Initiative (NYCCAI), overseen by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is a comprehensive effort to improve the management and treatment of childhood asthma among urban, low income, Hispanic/Latino and Black/African-American residents in New York.

The Asthma Network of West Michigan (ANWM) is a West-Michigan based, multi-organizational community partnership that brings together the wisdom and experience of many disciplines involved with pediatric and adult asthma.

The Community Asthma Prevention Program is a comprehensive, self-sustaining, community-based asthma prevention program.

The Urban Health Plan Asthma Relief Street program in New York was implemented in 2001 to standardize asthma treatment and education services to ensure that all patients with asthma receive a full range of integrated services with a focus on applying evidence based guidelines while emphasizing patient self management.

Children's Hospital Boston Community Asthma Initiative targets children age 2-18 who visit Children's Hospital as a result of asthma or an asthma-related complication, conducts an assessment of the family's needs for asthma care, then provides support, including asthma education, housing or legal advocacy, pest management, care coordination, and referrals to other social agencies.