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Celebrate Asthma Awareness Month—Take Action in Your School Community!
May is Asthma Awareness Month (AAM)—the perfect time to raise awareness and take action in your school community.
Each May, thousands of organizations across the U.S. join together for AAM to increase public awareness and improve the lives of children and families with asthma. Be part of this national effort to get asthma under control in communities nationwide!
AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org can connect you with tools and resources to plan and promote educational events and activities for students, staff and parents. Share your AAM stories and activities on the Network Blog!
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Collaborate with other community programs, like the Girl Scouts, to offer educational opportunities to students. The Asthma Awareness Patch Program teaches Girl Scouts about asthma, environmental triggers and how they can help friends with asthma avoid triggers.
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Using Data to Drive Buy-In and Funding to
Reduce Asthma Triggers:
The Value Proposition of School IAQ Management
Join this webinar to learn how to make a pitch to gain buy-in, support and funding for healthier school environments. This webinar will focus on how to use evaluations to develop a business case, a value proposition and a communication strategy. Hear successful strategies used by school districts to reduce asthma attacks, increase attendance and improve academic performance.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
1:00–2:30 p.m. EDT
Speakers:
- Tracy Enger, EPA, Facilitator
- Diane Rhodes, North East Independent School District, TX
- Anne Kelsey Lamb, Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP), CA
Register for the webinar here.
Winning Strategies From Coast to Coast: How EPA’s 2017 Asthma Award Winners Are Addressing Asthma Disparities
Learn from the best! Register for this webinar to hear successful strategies for addressing asthma triggers, improving health outcomes and increasing access to health services. Learn best practices for increasing your program’s reach by establishing community partnerships and effectively tracking data to identify key program results.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT
Post your questions for our speakers in the Discussion Forum section of AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org. Speakers will answer questions immediately following the webinar, from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT.
Register for the webinar here.
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Resources for Schools
Check out the IAQ Master Class Professional Training Webinar Series—IAQ and Health: Managing Asthma for Improved Health and Academic Outcomes to hear from experts on effective strategies for managing asthma in the school environment.
Visit EPA’s website to learn how to apply the IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit and Framework to improve your school’s IAQ management plan and reduce asthma triggers.
View the webinar Know the Drill for Healthy IAQ: Training School Staff and Occupants to Reduce Indoor Asthma Triggers to hear best practices for training staff to effectively manage asthma in schools as part of a sustainable IAQ management program.
Learn how to use the School IAQ Assessment Mobile App to conduct regular walkthrough assessments and take simple, low-cost actions to prevent or correct environmental health issues, including asthma triggers, in school facilities.
Listen to the webinar Closing the Gap: Addressing Asthma Disparities in Schools to hear two unique case studies on leveraging school resources to address asthma disparities in student populations and reduce school absenteeism due to asthma.
Check out EPA’s Managing Asthma in the School Environment resources for strategies to mitigate asthma triggers and create healthy indoor learning environments.
Asthma Events
World Asthma Day
May 2, 2017
Everywhere
20th Annual Allergy & Asthma Day Capitol Hill (AADCH)
May 4, 2017
Washington, DC
8th Annual Pediatric Asthma Conference
May 4–5, 2017
Lewis Center, OH
4th Annual Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness 5K Run/Walk & Kids Fun Run
May 6, 2017
Virginia Beach, VA
Breathe Easy Asthma Awareness 5K & Kids Fun Run
May 13, 2017
Dallas, TX
National Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Training
May 15–18, 2017
St. Louis, MO
Are you hosting an asthma event? Post it to
AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org and share it with our community!
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Email us or provide feedback online through the Network!
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