Forum Health Pediatric/Adolescent Asthma Center

The Pediatric/Adolescent Asthma Center of Forum Health/Tod Children's Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio is composed of an interdisciplinary team of of professionals, including Respiratory Therapists, Nurses, Child Life and Education Specialists. The Asthma Center offers a comprehensive inpatient/outpatient program for pediatric/adolescent asthma patients and their families. Services include individualized and group education sessions, school liaison programs, and a one-day asthma camp for kids. The Asthma Center acts as a community resource center for quality asthma information, participates in community health fairs, and does lectures and presentations upon request. The Asthma Center has been and continues to be active in grant projects to improve the quality of life for children with asthma and their families. Past and present grant projects include awards from the Ohio Commission on Minority Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC), and various local funders. Funded programs have included peditaric asthma populations within schools, childcare centers, and local minority community centers. Staff from the Asthma Center are active participants on the Ohio Asthma Coalition. Goals of the Asthma Center are: 1.) Promote and support individual and family lifestyles for improved asthma management, 2.) Become a state model Asthma Disease Management program, 3.) Track the disease, assess the effectiveness of asthma intervention programs, and disseminate information through appropriate channels, and 4.) Reduce/pevent death due to asthma of children in the region.