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The Erie County Health Department's Asthma Response Team (ART) is an in-home intervention designed to lessen the burden of asthma on participating families through a two-pronged approach of asthma education and environmental trigger reduction.

In a unique approach, outreach workers performing the home-visits are both licensed code enforcement officials and certified asthma educators. In one comprehensive visit, asthmatics and their families receive a complete environmental assessment, including products and services designed to reduce exposure to household triggers, and a complete education visit encompassing disease physiology, medications, self-management strategies, and evaluation. Families enrolled in the program receive a minimum of two follow-up visits and are tracked for at least a year.

Currently a component of Erie County's New York State Department of Health-funded HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, the Asthma Response Team is able to reach asthmatics and their families in the City of Buffalo and throughout Erie County.

The New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services (NJDHSS)Asthma Awareness and Education Program (AAEP) has been funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2001 to conduct asthma awareness and education activities through a cooperative agreement “Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective.” The goal of the AAEP is to coordinate efforts so that the capacity of the State to address asthma, its causes, and complications is enhanced and the burdens of asthma reduced. During this time, NJDHSS has successfully established a state asthma program, developed an asthma surveillance system, convened an Interdepartmental Asthma Committee (IAC);funded and participated on the Pediatric Adult Asthma Coalition (PACNJ), conducted two (2) statewide Asthma Summits, implemented the NJ Asthma Collaborative in community health centers; participated in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "Learning Partnership to Decrease Disparities in Pediatric Asthma projec; implemented a Strategic Plan for Asthma, and supported statewide asthma awareness–raising and quality of life interventions. The implementation of these programs has resulted in increased knowledge and awareness of factors for improving asthma management.

California Breathing is a program working to address asthma in California from a public health perspective. Our purpose is to advance strategies outlined in the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California -- a roadmap developed collaboratively by government agencies, asthma experts, community groups, and others to improve asthma prevention, treatment, policy, data, and public education. We are located within the Environmental Health Investigations Branch (EHIB) of the California Department of Health Services, and receive funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under a five-year cooperative agreement.California Breathing has launched a series of activities to implement the Strategic Plan.