Community

Partners Asthma Center- Community Asthma Program

Program Contact First Name: 
Jacqueline
Program Contact Last Name: 
Rodriguez-Louis
Phone: 
617-732-7464
Website URL: 
www.asthma.partners.org
What community do you primarily serve?: 
African American
Hispanic
What type of area do you serve?: 
Urban
Partners Asthma Center Community Asthma Program (CAP) is a broad community asthma awareness program of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital that conducts asthma education programs and trainings, provides collegial support and medical updates on asthma for physician and nurses at Brigham-affiliated Neighborhood Health Centers, and develops educational materials.

The Community Asthma Program (CAP) is a broad community asthma awareness program of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department for adults 18-54 years of age. CAP conducts asthma education programs and trainings on an individual and community level, provides collegial support and medical updates on asthma for physician and nurses at Brigham-affiliated Neighborhood Health Centers, and develops educational materials. In collaboration with Partners Asthma Center, CAP established a specialized asthma clinic at Brookside and Uphams Corner health center; provide spirometry testing, asthma education, and environmental home assessment when indicated to health center patients. CAP also works in collaboration with regional Asthma coalitions and initiatives.

What type of program do you have?: 
Community
Healthcare Provider

Best Practices in Childhood Asthma

Program Contact First Name: 
Rosalía
Program Contact Last Name: 
Ramos
Phone: 
760-736-6700
Website URL: 
Best Practices in Childhood Asthma improves the quality of clinical asthma care for California children, resulting in improved health outcomes, quality of life, and reduction and/or elimination of health disparities.

To improve the quality of clinical asthma care for California children with asthma resulting in improvement in asthma-related health outcomes, improvement in asthma-related quality of life, and reduction and/or elimination of asthma health disparities. The objectives of the BPCA program are to provide quality asthma care and to adhere to NAEPP Consensus Panel Recommendations.

What type of program do you have?: 
Community
Healthcare Provider
Non-profit

Central Ohio Asthma Coalition

Program Contact First Name: 
Phillip
Program Contact Last Name: 
Bouton
Phone: 
614-645-6226
Website URL: 
The Central Ohio Asthma Coalition, the main coordinating agency for organizations and individuals in Columbus who are concerned about the alarming asthma epidemic, provides a neutral forum for asthma information exchange and collaboration on asthma projects to improve the quality of life of individuals affected by asthma.

The Central Ohio Asthma Coalition is consists of over 20 member organizations. Created in 2004, the Coalition is Columbus’s central coordinating agency for organizations and individuals concerned about the alarming asthma epidemic. The COAC provides a neutral forum for asthma information exchange and collaboration on asthma projects. Membership is open to all organizations and individuals.

Our vision is to significantly reduce the burden of asthma in the Central Ohio.

The mission of the Central Ohio Asthma Coalition is to improve the health and quality of life of individuals affected by asthma with particular emphasis on low-income populations.

The goals of the Central Ohio Asthma Coalition are to improve the quality of life of individuals affected by asthma:

Increase awareness about the seriousness of the asthma epidemic
Provide a central forum for asthma information exchange
Encourage collaborative asthma related projects
Promote the appropriate diagnosis and management of asthma
Advocate for improved asthma related health policies

What type of program do you have?: 
Coalition
Community
Government
Healthcare Provider
University

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