Community

The Asthma Awareness Patch Program was developed by the Asthma Coalition of Long Island with the collabo­ration of Girl Scouts of the USA and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and has been supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Health to the American Lung Association of New York State, Inc.

The Jerome Alston Memorial Foundation is hosting our annual Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run. For health related professions, we would like for you to participate in our health expo which will occur during and after the 5K. Our goal for the health expo is to educate the community on asthma and allergy prevention measures as well as other health related information. The intent is to be as informative and hands on as possible.

Chronic disease coalition supported by the New Jersey Department of Health.

Promotoras conduct home visits for children with asthma that were seen in CHMC's ER or hospitalized with asthma. They provide asthma education and remediation of potential asthma triggers in the home.

Work as a team to address the topics of food, personal care, household cleaners, yard chemicals, and other areas of potential toxic exposure and environmental harm, as made possible by the collective knowledge and network of a growing task force.

Asthma evaluation project in community health centers.

It’s time to experience the climb of your life! Join the Fight for Air Climb & every step you take is a step in our fight for healthy lungs and clean air. Join the American Lung Association on SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 at One Gateway Center, Newark, NJ. Register at lunginfo.org/njclimb.

We are a community clinic that would like to incorporate asthma awareness through the clinic and community.

The Bronx RESPIRAR Coalition (BRAC) is a novel 5-year clinical service program that involves systems improvement, enhanced patient centered support in the community, and clinical decision support for providers proposed by the Lincoln asthma providers’ team that has received funding by the NYSDOH asthma coalition program. RESPIRAR, which means Breathe in Spanish, is also the acronym for Resources, Education, Self Management, Prevention, and Integration to Reduce Asthma Rates.

Respira Sano/Breathe Healthy is a PCORI-funded, asthma comparative effectiveness research project aiming to improve asthma control among Latino children in Imperial County, California.