Coalition

Community Action to Fight Asthma is a network of asthma coaltions in California working to shape local, regional, and state policies to reduce the environmental triggers of asthma for school-aged children where they live, work, and play.

Healthy Schools/Healthy Kids Clearinghouse of factsheets, guides and reports on children''s environmental health and school facility conditions was created to serve parents in 1996. In the last four years, more than half of US EPA''s school IAQ awardees have come from communities that tapped this service. The Clearinghouse has won two EPA awards, one from EPA-Region 1 and a first-ever US EPA Children''s Health Protection Award in 2005. Typical incoming queries include help with: poor IAQ, molds, green cleaning products, fumes and dusts from uncontolled renovations, Healthy+High Performance Design guidelines, and using federal disability access laws for environmentally senstitive students. Healthy Schools Network also fosters the development of local and state policy coalitions to improve school conditions and partners with US EPA to promote National Healthy Schools Day annually.

Collectively solving the public health crisis caused by asthma The Colorado Asthma Coalition (CAC) is a consortium of healthcare professionals and community members committed to working together as a united force to improve the health and quality of life for Colorado children and adults impacted by asthma.

The shared agenda includes:
• Increasing awareness of asthma as a chronic but manageable disease
• Providing shared advocacy that promotes accessibility and quality of asthma care, particularly for low income and disparate populations, and addresses environmental factors contributing to asthma
• Promoting healthcare provider practice that is congruent with the National Institute for Health (NIH) Expert Panel II Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.