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HEAL, Phase II built upon the lessons learned from the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) project, a post-Katrina research initiative that studied the effects of mold and other indoor allergens on children with moderate to severe asthma.

HEAL, Phase II built upon the lessons learned from the Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL) project, a post-Katrina research initiative that studied the effects of mold and other indoor allergens on children with moderate to severe asthma.

To address the complex and persistent problem of asthma among children in the United States
and enhance access to quality asthma management and care, The Merck Company Foundation
has established the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN). The creation of MCAN is
consistent with Merck’s commitment to putting patients first by improving access to medicines,
vaccines, and quality health care.

The Common Data Elements and Demographic survey instruments were created to collect standardized outcome information from patients enrolled in the five MCAN sites.

The Manual of Operations provides instructions for administering the surveys, data entry and coding, formatting and storage, delivery of the data to RTI International, and the schedule for data delivery.

A substantial proportion of low-income children with asthma living in rural
western North Carolina have suboptimal asthma management. To address the needs of these
underserved children, we developed and implemented the Regional Asthma Disease
Management Program (RADMP); RADMP was selected as one of 13 demonstration projects
for the National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI).

The King County Asthma Program in Seattle, Washington, developed a community health worker (CHW) home visit program (Healthy Homes) and demonstrated its effectiveness. They designed a streamlined version of the program that was simpler and cost less to implement to facilitate broad dissemination and adoption. Here they reported on the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and ROI of a streamlined Healthy Homes program.

The Action Plan, a key activity of the President’s Task Force on Children’s Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks, advises that substantial progress in reducing disparities will require research to design, execute and evaluate implementation programs that maximize synergies among all key sectors to create a system of care that focuses on children most in need and reaches them where they live, learn and play.

The Helping Children Breathe and Thrive in Chicago’s Public Housing (HCBT) project was developed based upon previous asthma interventions implemented at SUHI, mainly the Healthy Home, Healthy Child (HHHC) initiative. HHHC has proven to be an effective model for addressing poorly controlled asthma in the primarily African American, underserved community of North Lawndale. HCBT built upon this model in order to translate it to Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) properties.

Sesame Street characters help with your asthma action Plan. Here’s what to do when a child with asthma feels sick: