Coalition

The Asthma Regional Council brings together the six New England states to address the environmental contributors to asthma. Federal, state and municipal officials, plus selected NGOs, work together to identify policies and programs that will improve asthma outcomes for both children and adults. Our multi-disciplinary partners include public health, environment, health care, education, housing and academia. Our primary focus include reducing ambient and indoor air pollution through diesel reduction efforts, promoting healthy homes and schools, promoting asthma surveillance across the states, and working with the health sectors on improved asthma management programs that include an environmental assessment and remediation component.

In response to the growing asthma problem, EPA created a national, multifaceted asthma education and outreach program to share information about environmental factors -- found indoors and outdoors -- that trigger asthma. Although there is no cure, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental asthma triggers. EPA's goal is to reduce exposure to indoor asthma triggers and improve the quality of life for 6.5 million people by 2012.

EPA's Asthma Program raises awareness about asthma and environmental factors that trigger asthma attacks; helps people with asthma and their families manage environmental triggers in their homes; works to reduce children's exposure to indoor asthma triggers at schools and day care centers; and promotes environmental management as a component of medical and health care asthma management practices

The Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition (InJAC) is a voluntary network of people and organizations who work to reduce the burden of asthma in Indiana. The InJAC includes volunteer members from federal, state, and local governmental agencies, professional organizations, managed care plans, hospitals, schools, environmental groups, and other community-based organizations and individuals concerned with the prevention and control of asthma in Indiana. The Coalition includes an Executive Committee and six workgroups, which are coordinated by chairpersons. The coalition’s six workgroups focus on particular aspects of asthma which are data and surveillance, health care providers, public education, children and youth, advocacy, and environmental quality.