What is the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma?

The Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (LBACA), started in 1999, is a partnership to improve the lives of children with asthma in the Long Beach community and surrounding areas of Carson, Wilmington and San Pedro, California. A program of Miller Children’s Hospital of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, LBACA was one of 7 sites in the US and Puerto Rico awarded grants under the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation’s Allies Against Asthma program and one of 10 sites in California awarded grants under The California Endowment’s Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) program.

What are the coalition’s current activities?

LBACA’s activities include a community health worker home visiting program, an asthma resource center, Physician Asthma Care Education training to improve physician asthma management skills and training medical assistants to provide asthma education to patients at provider sites. LBACA is also teaming up with schools, after-school programs, parks and recreational centers to develop asthma-friendly environments and policies; and mobilizing the community to respond to air quality issues, both indoors and outdoors.

To view our 2008-2010 Strategic Plan visit: //www.lbaca.org/pages/strategicplan.htm

What are the coalition’s CAFA-related activities?

LBACA has the pleasure of introducing two of its new staff members, Elena Rodriguez and Martha Cota, who were formerly volunteers as part of its Neighborhood Assessment Team or “A-team”. Elena and Martha will be leading LBACA’s community engagement in its Policy and Advocacy work under CAFA III by setting up a strategic plan for our Health & Housing committee, a committee of community volunteers interested in housing and outdoor air pollution issues. For an overview of our policy activities and community empowerment and engagement activities visit: //www.lbaca.org/PolicyFormation/main.html

To view our new staff biographies, visit:
//www.lbaca.org/pages/staff.htm

For more detailed information about LBACA’s activities, visit us at
//www.lbaca.org

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