Resources
CDC Releases Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Schools The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Asthma Control Program has released its Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Schools, a compilation of resources to assist school personnel with planning or maintaining an asthma management program. The goal of the guide is to provide staff in state health departments and others interested in asthma friendly […]
- CDC Releases Strategies for Addressing Asthma in Schools
- Chronic Disease Indicators Data for States Available from the CDC
- National Center for Healthy Housing Releases eLearning and Technical Assistance Platform, Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
- California Department of Public Health’s Occupational Health Branch Releases Disinfectant Fact Sheet
- SEHAC Releases New Strategic Plan and School-Related Asthma Resources
- Medicaid Prevention Pathways Toolkit Supports Asthma Financing Efforts
- Build Performance Institute Launches Healthy Home Evaluator Certification
- Center for Climate Change & Health Releases Physician’s Guide to Climate Change, Health, and Equity
- National Association of Chronic Disease Directors Releases Guide for Incorporating Health and Wellness into School Improvement Plans
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Releases School-Based Asthma Management Program
- Videos on Guidelines-Based Asthma Care Available from Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Presentation on Effects of Complete Streets on Travel Behavior and Exposure to Vehicular Emissions Available Online
Studies and Reports
Researchers Examine Effects of Green Space on Child Asthma Risk An article in the May 2017 edition of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health studied the effects of green space on child asthma risk. By analyzing “affirmative asthma cases in nationally representative cross-sectional data from 4447 children aged 6-7 years old in Australia,” researchers found “the association between heavy traffic and asthma […]
- Researchers Examine Effects of Green Space on Child Asthma Risk
- Study Investigates Implications of Residential Segregation in Childhood Asthma
- Researchers Investigate Role of Maternal Consumption of Sugar During Pregnancy on Respiratory Diseases
- Study Reviews Effectiveness of Self-Management for Asthma
- Study Examines Effects of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination on Bronchodilator Response in African American Youth
- Researchers Investigate Vitamin D Deficiency’s Role in Asthma
- National School-Based Health Center Asthma Learning Collaborative Wraps Up
- California Legislature Designates May as Asthma Awareness Month
- Researchers Investigate Variation in Rates of Uncontrolled Asthma Based on Demographics, Space, and Time for Schools
- Researchers Investigate Disease Burden of Mild Asthma
- RAMP Donation Page
- “Asthma Prevalence in California” Report Updated by California Breathing
Opportunities
Funding Opportunity: EPA Offers Grants to Address Children’s Environmental Health Risks Along the US-Mexico Border; Deadline 9/22 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering funds to support projects addressing children’s environmental health risks in California, Arizona, New Mexico, or Texas communities located within 62 miles of the US-Mexico border. Projects eligible for the grant include, but are not limited to, support for prenatal environmental health education, healthy childcare education, environmental health youth […]
- Funding Opportunity: EPA Offers Grants to Address Children’s Environmental Health Risks Along the US-Mexico Border; Deadline 9/22
- Registration for 2017 California SEHAC Annual School Symposium now open; 9/22
- 2017 USAsthma Summit; 10/27
- Funding Opportunity: National Institute of Health Offers Grants to Examine Relationships Between Asthma, Obesity, and Self-Management
- Microfiber Cloths and Resources from the California Department of Public Health
- Survey Seeks Input on Barriers to Asthma Care
- Funding Opportunity: National Institutes of Health Offering Funding to Research Relationship Between Asthma, Obesity, and Self-Management; Deadline 1/7/2018
- Today is World Asthma Day!
- PCOR Partner List Open for Research Opportunities
- Participant Enrollment Now Open for Severe Asthma Study at UCSF