Government

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and the Alabama Department of Public Health are partnering on a joint initiative to increase asthma awareness and minimize the impact of asthma and asthma symptoms among Alabama school children through education and outreach.

The mission of the Texas Asthma Control and Prevention (TACPP) Program is to decrease preventable asthma morbidity and the social and economic impacts of asthma through education and awareness campaigns.

Pedipress Asthma Publications offers comprehensive asthma management materials and programs developed by Dr. Plaut.

A new program in McLeod County, this program consists of nurse home visits that will help reduce environmental triggers in homes of children with asthma.

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is the health department for the city of Boston. The BPHC started the asthma program in 1998. Program efforts are designed to: increase access to quality medical care, ensure access to community based resources, track and monitor asthma trends, eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in asthma, increase public awareness of asthma, and promote policies to support the prevention and control of asthma.

Community Care Partners of Greater Mecklenburg County is a Medicaid Disease Management program that helps patients navigate the medical system and conducts community education programs.

Contra Costa Health Services Public Health Asthma Program provides asthma care and assistance in the home, the clinic and the schools of children within Contra Costa County in order to decrease hospitalizations, ED use and improve quality of life for children with asthma and their families.

Through a comprehensive evaluation and management plan, the Children's Hospital Asthma and Allergy Center helps children with asthma to avoid urgent care visits and hospitalizations.

The North Carolina Asthma Program strives to reduce the burden of asthma in North Carolina through surveillance, the development and implementation of an effective, inclusive State Asthma plan, public education and awareness-raising, and leadership.

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.