Government

Minnesota Department of Health - Indoor Air Program

Program Contact First Name: 
Dale
Program Contact Last Name: 
Dorschner
Phone: 
651-201-4601
Website URL: 
www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/air
The Minnesota Department of Health Indoor Air Program provides tools and resources to minimize environmental asthma triggers in homes, schools and daycare facilities.

MDH - Indoor Air Program goals is to provide tools a resources to minimize environmental asthma triggers in homes, schools and daycare facilities. Our current activities include developing model plans for different facilities that can improve IEQ and help manage environmental asthma triggers.

What type of program do you have?: 
Government

Pennsylvania Department of Health Asthma Control Program

Program Contact First Name: 
Robert
Program Contact Last Name: 
C. Richardson, Jr.
Phone: 
717-787-6214
Website URL: 
www.health.state.pa.us
The Pennsylvania Department of Health Asthma Control Program works to improve the health and quality of life of all Pennsylvania residents affected by asthma.

Through a collaboration of the Pennsylvania Department of Health and stakeholders representing organizations and agencies with a common interest in asthma control and representing a diversity of asthma expertise, improve the health status and quality of life of all Pennsylvania residents affected by asthma by:

  1. Establishing a surveillance system for asthma in Pennsylvania.  
  2. Reducing the environmental causes and triggers of asthma and reducing the effects of occupation/work related asthma.  
  3. Making the general public more aware of asthma symptoms, impacts, and treatments and focusing on schools and community resources to educate patients on asthma self-management. 
  4. Increasing healthcare provider use of evidence-based, national asthma treatment guidelines. 
  5. Reducing the disproportionately high asthma burden seen in racial and ethnic minorities and among other underserved and vulnerable populations in Pennsylvania. 
  6. Changing public policy to improve asthma care.

 

What type of program do you have?: 
Government

EPA Asthma Team

Are you the primary contact for this program?: 
No
Program Contact First Name: 
Kim
Program Contact Last Name: 
Durkin
Phone: 
202-343-9443
Website URL: 
http://www.epa.gov/asthma/
What community do you primarily serve?: 
White
African American
Hispanic
Native American
Other
What type of area do you serve?: 
Urban
Suburban
Rural
Low-Income
Minority
The EPA Asthma Team works to reduce the burden of asthma in the United States through partnerships, education, and awareness-building nationwide.

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

What type of program do you have?: 
Coalition
Community
Government
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