What’s New at RAMP
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Sustainable Financing for Home-Based Asthma Services: Snapshots of Innovation and Progress Across the Country
Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) and the National Center for Healthy Housing are pleased to share our resource, Sustainable Financing for Home-Based Asthma Services: Snapshots of Innovation and Progress Across the Country. Despite robust evidence about the impact of home-based services, asthma home visiting programs historically have had to rely on unstable grant funding…
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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 and Promotoras? Community Health Workers…
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Looking Ahead: RAMP’s Strategic Plan 2025-2027
We are pleased to share RAMP’s Strategic Plan for the next three years. We remain committed to targeting the inequities that lead to asthma disparities related to our goals of healthy and stable housing, healthy air, and healthcare equity for all. We’ll continue to utilize our core strategies in support of our goals. Select examples…
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RAMP’s Updated Asthma Action Plans
Central to the national Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma is the recommendation that clinicians develop a written asthma action plan in partnership with patient/family. RAMP has provided free Asthma Action Plans in multiple languages for over two decades. We work with our clinical partners to update the Asthma Action Plans periodically to…
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EPA Funds RAMP to Continue to Build and Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
We’re pleased to share that RAMP and our partners at the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) will continue to offer free technical assistance (TA) and training to states and communities across the country to expand and sustain in-home environmental asthma interventions as part of a new 3-year Cooperative Agreement with the US Environmental Protection…
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The Dual Threat: Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat
The increased frequency and severity of recent wildfire smoke events has had a major impact on those with asthma, severely limiting their activities and increasing the risk of asthma exacerbations, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations. In response, RAMP has created a range of tools to help support people with asthma prepare for and limit the…
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Webinar: EPA Hosts “IEDOH Solutions for Asthma During Wildfire Events”; 8/14
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division hosted the final webinar of its “Solving for Indoor Environmental Determinants (IEDOH) in Asthma” webinar series. “IEDOH Solutions for Asthma During Wildfire Events” took place Wednesday, August 14, at 11:00am Pacific Time. Attendees learned about risks from wildfire smoke; how to use the data, equipment, and community…
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RAMP’s TA: Helping to Build and Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services
Over the last three years, in partnership with the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) and with support from the US Environmental Protection Agency, RAMP has provided technical assistance (TA) to improve the capacity of states and communities to expand and sustain in-home environmental asthma interventions through policy and systems change. To share the impact…
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Webinar Recording: Asthma Home Visiting Services for Tribal Communities
Asthma inequitably affects Tribal communities. Asthma home visiting services can help Tribes reduce asthma disparities while also addressing other challenges like poor housing quality and growing climate concerns including wildfire smoke. On Monday, June 3, 2024, RAMP hosted a webinar for participants to learn about: Speakers included: Both English and Spanish versions of the webinar…