Resources
RAMP Launches Project to Assess Health and Equity Implications of Freight Automation Based on tech sector hype and awestruck media reports, automated passenger vehicles seem just one or two steps away from revolutionizing our personal transportation system. The freight transportation system is also on the cusp of an automated revolution, albeit with far less public fanfare. Just two years ago, an automated freight truck delivered goods over […]
- RAMP Launches Project to Assess Health and Equity Implications of Freight Automation
- Leading the Way to Better Breathing: Managed Care Organizations and Asthma Home Visiting Services in California – a Tool for MCOs and Partners
- California Department of Public Health Releases Informational Video on Mold, Moisture, and Health
- National Center for Healthy Housing Releases Online Code Comparison Tool
- Office of Women’s Health Releases Asthma Fact Sheet
- US EPA Releases Preventive Maintenance Guidance Documents for School Indoor Air Quality
- Online Module “Environmental Asthma Triggers: A Training for Public Health Professionals” Now Available
- 2018 USAsthma Summit Video Now Available Online
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab Releases Brief on Reducing Repeat Hospital Visits for Children with AsthmaChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab Releases Brief on Reducing Repeat Hospital Visits for Children with Asthma
- Union of Concerned Scientists Releases Fact Sheet on Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in California
- American Lung Association Releases Coping with Wildfire Smoke
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Releases ASTHMA Care for Adults Online Course
Studies and Reports
Researchers Investigate Impacts of Infant Gut Microbial Compounds on Allergy and Asthma Risk Nature Microbiology released an article in its July 2019 edition that identifies a compound produced by gut bacteria that predisposes infants to allergies and asthma later in life. Researchers at UC San Francisco identified a lipid that reduced the number and activity of immune cells that suppress allergic inflammation. To test its effects, they injected […]
- Researchers Investigate Impacts of Infant Gut Microbial Compounds on Allergy and Asthma Risk
- Union of Concerned Scientists Release “Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days”
- Investigation of Ultrafine Particle Exposure Linkages to Childhood Asthma Incidence
- Implications of Proposed Changes to Public Charge Immigration Rules on Children
- Study Examines Inhaler Carry and Use Among Children at School
- Historical Redlining Affects Health of Communities Today
- Researchers Work to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Integrate Asthma Evidence-Based Interventions
- Use of Electronic Asthma Tracker on Patient Outcomes
- Differences in Asthma Worries and Confidence in Children and Parents
- Researchers Investigate Effects of School Stress on Asthma
- Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Stress on Asthma in Children
- Study Finds Association Between Reduction of Air Pollution and Lower Asthma Burden in Children
Opportunities
CA’s Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program Launches Cleaning for Asthma-Safe Schools Microfiber Challenge; Applications due 10/1 California’s Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program (WRAPP) has launched a Cleaning for Asthma-Safe Schools Microfiber Challenge to encourage healthier cleaning in classrooms. Teachers can apply now to receive safer cleaning guidance and microfiber clothes for their classroom. Teachers will be asked to briefly document their efforts in a creative format later in the school year. For […]
- CA’s Work-Related Asthma Prevention Program Launches Cleaning for Asthma-Safe Schools Microfiber Challenge; Applications due 10/1
- GHHI Announces Request for Proposals for the National Initiative for Asthma Reimbursement; Proposals Due by 11/18
- Webinars: EPA Hosts Summer Webinars Focused on Delivering In-Home Asthma Environmental Interventions; 7/23 & 7/30
- Webinar: Collaborating with State Medicaid Programs on Guidelines-Based Asthma Care Coverage; 7/23
- Webinar: Type 2 Inflammation — Severe Asthma & Co-Morbidities; 7/23
- Webinar: Air Pollution and Pediatric Asthma; 7/23
- Save the Date: 7th Annual SEHAC School Symposium on Asthma; 9/27
- A $15 million victory for people with asthma!
- 2019 Asthma Summit
- The Asian Pacific Environmental Network is Hiring a Policy Director