RAMP » Events http://www.rampasthma.org Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Initiative Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:41:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Webinar: Connecting Health and Housing Programs: Collaborative Efforts to Improve Asthma Outcomes; 2/1/2012; 2:00 PM, EST http://www.rampasthma.org/2011/12/webinar-connecting-health-and-housing-programs-collaborative-efforts-to-improve-asthma-outcomes-212012-200-pm-est/ http://www.rampasthma.org/2011/12/webinar-connecting-health-and-housing-programs-collaborative-efforts-to-improve-asthma-outcomes-212012-200-pm-est/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:20:25 +0000 admin http://www.rampasthma.org/?p=10414 Featuring Margaret Reid from the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) and Amanda Reddy from the Healthy Neighborhoods Program (HNP), this webinar will present examples of diverse collaborations that support effective home visits, and policies that have changed the housing landscape to improve asthma outcomes in Boston and New York. These leaders will discuss how their award-winning programs create lasting partnerships and robust evaluations – tackling the link between residential exposures and poorly controlled asthma.  Click here to register.

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Who Should Join? Local education agencies, tribes, legislators, state agencies (health, transportation, education, environment, and historic preservation), and others interested in policies and practices that lead to healthier citizens and sustainable communities across the United States.

Save the dates:

  • October 25, 11:00am PDT:  School Siting – Advancing Environmental Justice and Preservation Through School Siting, to join call 866-299-3188, enter Participant Code: 703-308-7271 and click here.

All sessions run for 1 hour. For more information and to register, click here.

]]> http://www.rampasthma.org/2011/10/expanding-the-school-siting-conversation-a-webinar-series-various-dates/feed/ 0 Upcoming Asthma Provider Education and Training Opportunity – Enroll Now! http://www.rampasthma.org/2011/09/upcoming-asthma-provider-education-and-training-opportunity-enroll-now/ http://www.rampasthma.org/2011/09/upcoming-asthma-provider-education-and-training-opportunity-enroll-now/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:51:59 +0000 admin http://www.rampasthma.org/?p=9866 RAMP is working in partnership with UCSF to enroll asthma providers in a provider education and training opportunity.  UCSF received funding from the National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI) to implement a train-the-trainers project and we are looking to enroll asthma champions and/or provider sites throughout the Bay Area to participate.  The asthma champions and/or provider sites will participate in a web-based train-the-trainer session and then work with asthma experts from UCSF to co-lead a one hour lunch presentation to the other providers at their site.  We are looking to enroll mainly providers at primary care offices and who serve children with asthma, but there is some flexibility in enrollment as well as how the program can be tailored and delivered to meet the specific needs of a particular office.  If this might be of interest but you’re unsure if your site is the right fit, please feel free to contact Jessica at RAMP at 510-302-3312 or via e-mail at jessica@rampasthma.org to further discuss participation.  Click here for additional information.

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