Resources
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NHLBI’s Learn More Breathe Better Program Offers Tip Sheets and Resources in English and Spanish
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes’ Learn More Breathe Better program has released a series of new asthma resources and tip sheets to help patients and caregivers understand more about asthma. It now offers several Device Tip Sheets on how to use Inhalers and Nebulizers: For How to Use a Metered-Dose Inhaler, click here.…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Mold in the Home
Natalie Sacramento from the California Department of Public Health’s asthma program, California Breathing, and Amna Haslam from the California Department of Public Health’s Healthy Homes and Communities program, presented “Mold in the Home” on January 19, 2022. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education.…
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Advancing the Role of CHWs and Promotoras in Asthma Management: What We’re Doing
As a core part of our Health Care Equity goal, RAMP advocates for policies and programs to integrate CHWs and promotoras into the health care system, focusing on Medi-Cal given the disproportionate impact of asthma on low-income communities. RAMP also works to build the capacity of CHWs and promotoras to improve asthma management. Why CHWs…
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Building CHW Capacity: Meeting Recordings
RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. Below are select recordings of those meetings. For additional information about future meetings, including how to join them, please visit “Building the capacity of CHWs and promotoras to improve asthma management” here. Community Air Quality Monitoring. Presented by David Chang, MA, Project Coordinator/Health…
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COVID-19, Asthma and Equity: What We’re Learning and Doing
The COVID pandemic has had immeasurable impacts on the lives of millions through illness, disability, and death. It has also dramatically shaped the work of asthma stakeholders. Asthma home visitors demonstrated remarkable adaptability by shifting to virtual visits, in part or in full. Clinicians have tried to make sense of the unexpected dip in asthma…
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American Lung Association Releases Indoor Air Quality in Schools Guide
The American Lung Association has put together a guide on Indoor Air Quality in Schools. The guide is designed to provide overviews of indoor air quality, share tools that schools can use to improve air quality, and offer guidance for navigating CARES/CRSSA funding to improve air quality in schools. Full information, including the ability to…
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Protecting Kids from Wildfire Smoke — Actions for California Schools
As researchers uncover greater health consequences of wildfire smoke exposure, especially in youth, California schools are being called on to adapt, improving infrastructure to protect kids against this and other impending climate impacts on health. Partners from across the state, including Stanford University and RAMP, produced this fact sheet in late 2021 to support schools…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Integrated Pest Management
Chris Geiger, Ph.D., IPM Program Manager at the San Francisco Department of the Environment, presented “Integrated Pest Management” on November 17, 2021. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. For additional information about future meetings, including how to join them, please visit our Community…
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CDPH Highlights Regulations Protecting Workers from Wildfire Smoke
The California Department of Public Health is emphasizing Cal/OSHA’s Protection from Wildfire Smoke regulation in an effort to protect workers during wildfire events. The regulations are comprehensive, and require employers to: Identify harmful exposures Communicate and Train Reduce Workers’ exposure to wildfire smoke using engineering and administrative controls, and personal protective equipment CDPH has put…