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New Webinar on Partnerships—Register Today!

Collaborating for Better Care: Strategies for Successful Partnerships
Between Health Plans and Asthma Programs

September 27, 2016
1:00–2:00 p.m. EDT

Join this webinar, hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and America's Health Insurance Plans, to learn how a health plan and an asthma program successfully partnered to reduce asthma-related emergency department visits and the associated high costs.

Speakers:

  • Bridget Burke, Director of Public Affairs, Health Care Service Corporation
  • Jill Heins Nesvold, Director of Respiratory Health, American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest
  • Kevin Fahey, Executive Director of Special Projects, America's Health Insurance Plans
  • Tracey Mitchell, RRT, AE-C, U.S. EPA

Register today for this webinar!

Q&A Session: 2:00–2:30 p.m. EDT in the AsthmaCommunityNework.org Discussion Forum

You’ve got questions; our experts have answers. Submit your questions on creating successful partnerships to the Discussion Forum today, and our experts will address them in real time during the Q&A Session.

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Great Lakes Regional Asthma Summit Materials Now Available

The Great Lakes Regional Asthma Summit was held on June 8–9, 2016, in Chicago, IL. This event was the eigth in a series of local meetings supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The Great Lakes Regional Summit:

  • Showcased a variety of innovative programs and initiatives for delivering in-home asthma interventions.
  • Fostered dialogue and collaborations to advance the availability of targeted in-home asthma interventions.
  • Called for action to prioritize next steps towards achieving sustainable financing for in-home asthma interventions.

Access presentations from all events in the series in the Conference Materials section of AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org.

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School-based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO™)
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Improving health and school-related outcomes for children with asthma requires integrated care coordination among families, clinicians and school nurses. To help facilitate this, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) recently introduced the School-based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO™). SAMPRO standardizes recommendations for school-based asthma management and provides useful resources for the care of children with asthma in schools.

School-based Asthma Managment Program SAMPRO logo.

You can learn more about SAMPRO in the recent article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

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From the Resource Bank

Growing Up on Amish Farms Protects Children Against Asthma
Stein, Michelle M., Cara L. Hrusch, Justyna Gozdz., Catherine Igartua, Vadim Pivniouk, Sean E. Murray, Julie G. Ledford, Mauricius Marques dos Santos, Rebecca L. Anderson, M.S., Nervana Metwali, Julia W. Neilson, Raina M. Maier, Jack A. Gilbert, Mark Holbreich, Peter S. Thorne, Fernando D. Martinez, Erika von Mutius, Donata Vercelli, Carole Ober, and Anne I. Sperling.

American Lung Association Asthma Guidelines-Based Care Initiative
American Lung Association

Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Managed Asthma Clinic in an Indian Health Service Clinic
Pett, R.G., and Nye, S.

Climate and Health Knowledge: How Much Do You Know?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Asthma in Children May Motivate Parents to Quit Smoking
Borrelli, B., McQuaid, E. L., Tooley, E. M., Busch, A. M., Hammond, S. K., Becker, B., and Dunsiger, S.

Online Learning Module: Assessing a Child's Readiness to Carry and Use a Quick-Relief Inhaler
American Lung Association

Student Readiness Assessment Tool
American Lung Association

Highlighted Best Practices and Insights From Community Health Worker (CHW) Literature Review
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Population Health;
John Snow, Inc.


Upcoming Events

Family Medicine Experience (FMX)—American Association of Family Practitioners
September 20–24, 2016
Orlando, FL

Allergy & Asthma Network’s USAnaphylaxis Summits
September 23, 2016
St. Louis, MO

September 30, 2016
Orlando, FL

October 7, 2016
Las Vegas, NV

Arizona Asthma & Allergy Clinical Conference
October 8, 2016
Phoenix, AZ

American Association for Respiratory Care’s International Respiratory Convention & Exhibition
October 15–18, 2016
San Antonio, TX

American Academy of Pediatrics’ National Conference and Exhibition
October 21–25, 2016
San Francisco, CA

CHEST Annual Meeting 2016
October 22–26, 2016
Los Angeles, CA

Allergy & Asthma Network and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) 2016 National Asthma Summit
November 11, 2016
San Francisco, CA

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