Resources
National Center for Healthy Housing Releases State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets The National Center for Healthy Housing has released the newest version of their State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets. These fact sheets discuss the housing and housing-related health issues of every state in the United States, along with the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States as a whole. In addition, they’ve released […]
- National Center for Healthy Housing Releases State Healthy Housing Fact Sheets
- CPSTF Recommends School-Based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma
- Families USA Releases “Advancing Health Equity Through Community Health Workers and Peer Providers: Mounting Evidence and Policy Recommendations”
- City Health Dashboard Provides Health and Related Data for Large US Cities
- EPA Releases Online Course, “Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Health” with Continuing Education Credits
- EPA Releases “Supporting Healthy Houses of Worship: Effective, Affordable Measures to Protect the Health of Congregations and Staff”
- CITRIS Policy Lab Publishes Health, Wildfires & Climate Change in California White Paper
- Greenlining Institute and California’s Energy Efficiency for All Release “Equitable Building Electrification: A Framework for Powering Resilient Communities”
- National Center for Healthy Housing Releases “Why Partner with Energy Stakeholders and Programs?
- American Lung Association Releases Asthma Trends Brief
- E4TheFuture Releases Energy-Plus-Health Playbook
- Clearing the Air: An Asthma Toolkit for Healthy Schools Released
Studies and Reports
Risks of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease on Children with Asthma The American Academy of Pediatrics published an article online in January of 2020 looking at the risks of invasive pneumococcal disease on children with asthma, particularly after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Researchers searched through four electronic databases and found five articles that fit the study. The found “Children with asthma had 90% higher […]
- Risks of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease on Children with Asthma
- Article Examines Medication Use of Schools for Best Practices
- Article Examines Effect of Location on Daily Exposures to Particulate Matter
- Impacts of Particulate Matter on Asthma Patient Quality of Life
- Study Examines Effectiveness of Step-Up Therapy in Black Children and Adults with Asthma
- Study Investigates Ventilation Rates in California Classrooms
- Effects of Community Health Workers on Asthma Health Outcomes
- Study Examines Public School Teacher Asthma Education
- Researchers Study Connections Between Depression, Anxiety, and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits
- The Impacts of Interactions of Neighborhood Social Conditions and Family Relationships on Childhood Asthma
- Feasibility of Incentives to Increase Adherence in High-Risk Children with Asthma
- Researchers Investigate Impacts of Infant Gut Microbial Compounds on Allergy and Asthma Risk
Opportunities
Applications Now Open for the HUD Secretary’s Awards for Healthy Homes; Deadline 3/10 The U.S. Housing and Urban Development partners with the National Environmental Health Association in a common vision to create healthier home environments in the United States by working across the health, environment and housing sectors. To recognize the outstanding projects completed by stakeholders, the HUD Secretary’s Awards for Healthy Homes was established in 2015. Award […]
- Applications Now Open for the HUD Secretary’s Awards for Healthy Homes; Deadline 3/10
- NIH Announces Funding Opportunity for Childhood Asthma in Urban Settings Clinical Research Network; Deadline 6/19/20
- 2020 CA Healthy Housing Coalition’s Annual Meeting
- A $15 million victory for people with asthma!