Resources
COVID-19 and Asthma Toolkit for Schools In June, 2020, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America released COVID-19 and Asthma Toolkit for Schools designed to address the major challenges schools are facing in the 2020-2021 school year. School administrators, nurses and staff can use this toolkit to create an environment that can help protect students and staff with asthma, while preventing […]
- COVID-19 and Asthma Toolkit for Schools
- Asthma Management Academy Releases “How California Asthma Home Visiting Programs are Adapting to COVID-19”
- NRDC Releases “Clearing the Air: The Benefits of the Clean Air Act”
- CA Department of Public Health Releases “The Burden of Chronic Disease, Injury, and Environmental Exposure, California, Second Edition”
- EPA Adds More Indoor Air Quality Questions and Answers to Its COVID-19 FAQ Webpage
- Natural Resources Defense Council Releases Report Examining Clean Air Act
- UCLA School of Public Health Releases “Effects of Residential Gas Appliances on Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality and Public Health in California”
- Environmental Law Institute Releases Report “Reducing Indoor Exposure to Particle Pollution from Outdoor Sources: Policies and Programs to Improve Air Quality in Homes”
- COVID-19, Asthma and Equity: RAMP’s Response
- Presentation Recording on California’s 2020 and COVID-19 tenant protections
- AHRQ Releases Brief on Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma
- COVID-19, Asthma and Equity: What We’re Learning and Doing
Studies and Reports
Additional Research Suggests Asthma is Not a Risk Factor for Poor COVID-19 Outcomes A research letter published online in CHEST on June 6 by Lieberman-Cribbin W. et al noted that among the 11,405 patients within the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City who had a COVID-19 related hospital encounter, “asthma was not associated with a higher risk of mortality.” The authors also noted a low prevalence of asthma […]
- Additional Research Suggests Asthma is Not a Risk Factor for Poor COVID-19 Outcomes
- Study Finds Neither a Diagnosis of Asthma nor Use of Inhaled Corticosteroids was Associated with an Increased Risk of COVID-19-related Hospitalization
- Asthma, Spirometry and COVID-19
- Data on COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity Underscore Disparities
- Study Examines Value of Stock Asthma Rescue Medications in Schools
- Study Concludes Asthma Prolongs Intubation in COVID-19
- Examining Use of Albuterol in School Asthma Emergencies
- Nutrition and Asthma Prevention and Treatment
- Gender and BMI in Relationship to Asthma
- Researchers Investigate Contributions of Particulate Matter to Respiratory Allergy
- Mapping of Interventions of Physical Activity on the Impacts of Asthma in Children
- Impact of Federal Rental Assistance on Asthma Outcomes
Opportunities
Webinar: American Lung Association to Host Air Quality and COVID-19 — Connection, Health Impacts, and Racial Disparities; 7/15. The American Lung Association’s virtual COVID-19 Summer Town Hall Series brings together top health experts to raise awareness about the effects of COVID-19. The next town hall on Wednesday, July 15 from 1:00 to 2:00pm Pacific Time will focus on the connection between poor air quality and COVID-19, and impacts on communities of color, especially […]
- Webinar: American Lung Association to Host Air Quality and COVID-19 — Connection, Health Impacts, and Racial Disparities; 7/15.
- Webinar: American Lung Association Hosts Asthma Guidelines-Based Care Coverage Project Data on Medicaid Coverage; 7/21
- American Lung Association Hosting Virtual Asthma Educator Institute; 6/22-24
- American Lung Association to Host “Update with CDC for Chronic Disease Partners on COVID-19”; 4/17
- The Asthma Mitigation Project Request for Proposals
- Update: Request for Proposals: A $15 million victory for people with asthma!