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RAMP CHW Meeting: Asthma, Cannabis, Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke
Suzaynn F. Schick, PhD Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine., presented “Asthma, Cannabis, Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke” on September 20, 2022. 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…
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Study Explores Smoke Exposure of Fathers and Increased Risk of Offspring Asthma
In a manuscript accepted in August, 2022, for publication in the European Respiratory Journal, a team of Australian, British and Sri Lankan researchers found that children are much more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to tobacco smoke when he was growing up. Jiacheng Liu, from Melbourne University, one of the co-authors…
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Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services: An Online Learning Platform
Why? The implementation of asthma home visiting programs has traditionally been limited in scale, but the momentum building around healthcare reform has increased opportunities for states to consider more sustainable and widespread implementation. Some states have already invested heavily in developing programs, policies, and funding to widen the geographic scope of existing asthma home-visiting programs…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Asthma, Wildfire Smoke, and Air Cleaners
Dr. Gina Solomon with the Public Health Institute and Sharifa Brooks-Smith-Lowe with Regional Asthma Management & Prevention, presented “Asthma, Wildfire Smoke, and Air Cleaners” on August 23, 2022. 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…
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Study Examines Emergence of Electronic Monitoring Devices for Asthma Inhalers
An article in the June, 2022, issue of the European Respiratory Review explores technological advancements in the development of electronic monitoring of inhaler devices in order to monitor use and provide feedback on inhaler technique for some devices. The authors explain, “Most electronic monitoring devices (EMDs) are paired with a smartphone application, allowing patients to…
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The Health Impacts of Co-exposure to Extreme Heat and Air Pollution
Recognizing that extremes of heat and particulate air pollution threaten human health and are becoming more frequent due to climate change, researchers at the University of Southern California set out to understand the health impacts of co-exposure to extreme heat and air pollution. Publishing their results in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care…
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The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Factors in Asthma Incidence
In a May, 2022, article in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Pediatrics, researchers sought to determine the extent to which neighborhood-level socioeconomic indicators explain racial and ethnic disparities in childhood wheezing and asthma. The study population comprised 5,809 children in birth cohorts located throughout the United States that are part of the Children’s…
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Study Shows Connection Between Air Pollution and Increased Risk for COVID Infection and Death in CA
California is home to some of the highest concentrations of air pollution in the nation. A study released in August, 2022, by the Public Health Institute’s Tracking California program reveals that air pollution increases the risk of COVID-19 infection and death. The study, Association Between Long-Term Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution with SARS-CoV-2 Infections and…
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Webinar Recording of 2022 Asthma Award Winner Now Available
Did you miss the US EPA’s 2022 Asthma Award Winner Webinar: Innovative Strategies and Partnerships to Improve Asthma Outcomes Through a Comprehensive Approach? A recording of the event is now available. The 2022 winner of the EPA’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management, the Utah Department of Health Asthma Program, describes how the program: …
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California Health Interview Survey Releases Updated Local-level Health Data
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has updated its health data query tool, AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition™ (NE), with new topics and 2020 small area estimates that provide specific health and demographic data on Californians at progressively finer levels of magnification: legislative district, county, city, ZIP code, and census tract. Drawing upon the responses of…
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CAFA Virtual Summit Showcases Asthma Insights and Actions
To advance the collective work to reduce the burden of asthma, on June 14-15, RAMP hosted the 2022 Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Virtual Summit. Featuring expert presentations and peer discussions, the two days featured lessons and actions from asthma stakeholders in California and beyond. The Summit’s sessions covered a range of topics, and…
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Report Explores International Asthma Guidelines and Potential Areas of Improvement
A report published in the July, 2022, edition of the Italian Journal of Pediatrics examines whether clinical guidelines for asthma, including The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), have areas where improvement may be needed. The authors note that while “available guidelines for asthma management represent an important and suitable tool to make the entire medical…