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RAMP CHW Meeting: An in-depth review of asthma medications and a review of the 2020 Focused Updates of the NHLBI Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)
Andrea Marmor, University of California San Francisco, presented “An in-depth review of asthma medications and a review of the 2020 Focused Updates of the NHLBI Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)” on March 24, 2022. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma…
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Solutions and Resources to Address COVID-19 in Schools Recording from EPA Now Available
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools program has released a recording of its most recent webinar, “Solutions and Resources to Address COVID-19 in Schools: Establishing Lasting Improvements to Ventilation and IAQ.” The webinar features speakers from the Center for Green Schools at the US Green Building Council, 21st Century…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Multilevel Framework for Consider the Role of Racism in Asthma Outcomes
Dr. Neeta Thakur, Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, University of California San Francisco, presented “Multilevel Framework for Consider the Role of Racism in Asthma Outcomes” on February 17, 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…
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Transportation and Air Quality Webinar Available Online
Last Tuesday RAMP and our partners at the American Lung Association hosted a webinar, Sustainable Transportation: Healthier Options for Healthier Air — Opportunities to Improve California’s Air Quality and Slow Climate Change. Staff from ClimatePlan, Caltrans, and CivicWell engaged in a dynamic discussion with one another about how transportation policies and investments play a fundamental…
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Study Finds Combustion Related Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution Acts as an Important Contributor to Pediatric Asthma Incidences
In the January 2022 edition of The Lancet, an article examines the concentration of nitrogen dioxide air pollution and its associations with pediatric asthma incidence. Researchers used a nitrogen dioxide concentration dataset that monitors information from 58 countries and compared the concentrations “with population and baseline asthma rates.” They found that “combustion-related” nitrogen dioxide pollution…
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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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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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Exciting Advances in Asthma Home Visiting Services in California
Happy New Year! 2022 has arrived, along with exciting new opportunities and challenges. Here at RAMP, we’re especially enthusiastic about the January launch of a new Medi-Cal program that allows Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to use Medicaid funding to pay for home trigger remediation for people with poorly controlled asthma. Medi-Cal’s Community Supports program provides…
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California’s Medicaid Policies Support Asthma Home Visiting Services
Last year, RAMP and our partners made groundbreaking progress changing policies to increase access to asthma home visiting services for Californians with poorly controlled asthma. In 2023, we are excited to see these policies more fully enacted to integrate in-home education, trigger assessment and environmental remediation into the health care system. With these policies in…
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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…