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As part of the National Environmental Education Foundation's Pediatric Asthma Initiative, a faculty champion in Region 5 is taking a leadership role in integrating environmental management of pediatric asthma into education and practice at the University of Cincinnati and throughout Region 5. The faculty champion is training other faculty members, students, residents, and health care professionals in the region, as well as teaching courses, integrating competencies into curricula, and serving as a model for how to integrate Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers (available online at http://www.neefusa.org/health/asthma/asthmaguidelines.htm) into education and practice.

The current project is located in San Antonio, Texas and involves teaching children to share their feelings about having asthma through art.

STEER trains healthcare professionals and members of the community, specializing in indoor air, environmental asthma triggers, and environmental house calls, serving underserved populations along the US-Mexico Border.

The mission of the Dane County Asthma Coalition is to improve the quality of life for children and adults with asthma in Dane County, and to decrease the disproportionate burden of asthma among minority and low income populations.

Focus areas: - Indoor Air Quality in Schools - Asthma Triggers - Indoor Air Quality in Homes - Asthma Triggers - Encourage Collaboration within Communities with Environmental and Health Professionals and Housing Staff

The Environment Education Outreach Program focuses on the improvement of indoor air quality in schools and homes and encourages collaboration within and among communities and environmental health professionals.

InspireSavannah! is a new university-based program that incorporates asthma educators, in collaboration with local respiratory therapy hospital departments, to provide no cost asthma education to members of the "asthma community."

Pediatric Environmental Medicine Center aims to improve asthma outcomes in children in underserved communities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through asthma education, research, and advocacy.

The Brenda Pillors Asthma Education Program is a community-based program serving Brooklyn, New York, that provides services free of charge to members of the community who need greater control over their asthma.

The Asthma Ready™ Communities program is an initiative aimed at equipping local communities to be prepared to implement national guidelines for the management of childhood asthma.