Community

(TIGN) Temple Israel of Great Neck. Our newly established Health Advisory is promoting wellness within our community. A goal of ours is to educate the community and establish safety guidelines for the children in our schools (Preschool to High) in the areas of Food Allergies and Asthma.

We provide asthma education classes in English and Spanish to the parents and child with asthma.

The Healthy Homes Program provides free Healthy Homes Assessment to families with asthmatic individuals. The services help identify home environmental triggers for asthma, educate customers on cause-effect relationship, provide low-cost intervention materials to facilitate control of triggers, make follow-up home visits to ensure continuing success in controlling triggers, monitor health outcomes, collect extensive data, and evaluate program performance and objective attainments.

CMS federally funded grant program providing asthma education by certified asthma nurse educators to families in both office and home settings. Supplies to reduce home triggers provided through an innovation grant.

Licensed Childcare CPR/FA

Much of the day-to-day responsibility for managing asthma falls on the child and their parents. However, because of the time spent in school, school staff can become a partner in the management of the disease. Their active participation through Peak Performance USA, with the help of the respiratory care practitioner, in a partnership with the physician, child and parents can help the child participate fully in school activities.

An educational program for school and community on asthma, asthma triggers and asthma management.

Nurse home visiting to first time mothers. Visits continue through child's second birthday.