Blog
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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: …
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Study Connects Historical Redlining to Current Asthma Inequities
A study published in the December, 2021, edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine provides more evidence that “historical redlining, a US discriminatory mortgage lending practice in existence between the 1930s-1970s, may have actuated and then perpetuated poor asthma-related outcomes.” To assess the connection, the researchers geocoded over 1,000 participants from…
-
New Medi-Cal Benefit: Asthma Preventive Services
RAMP is thrilled to announce that, effective July 1, 2022, Medi-Cal covers Asthma Preventive Services. This policy change will both increase access to in-home asthma services for people with poorly controlled asthma and help sustain and expand California’s asthma home visiting programs. The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) confirmed the coverage of this…
-
New Tools on Wildfire Smoke
RAMP is pleased to announce the release of new tools for asthma programs to help reduce exposure to wildfire smoke. People with asthma are at risk of exacerbation from wildfire smoke exposure, and the number and length of wildfires in California have been growing in recent years. Air cleaners, also known as air purifiers, can…
-
The COVID and Air Pollution Connection
During the pandemic, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 have been disproportionately high for low-income communities and communities of color. Low-income communities and communities of color have higher rates of preexisting health conditions, some of which put people at higher risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes. As with asthma and most public health issues, inequitable social and…
-
Tortor Posuere Consequat Semper Viverra
Elementum eu facilisis sed odio morbi quis commodo odio aenean. In ante metus dictum at tempor. Non enim praesent elementum facilisis leo vel fringilla est. Phasellus egestas tellus rutrum tellus pellentesque eu tincidunt tortor. Nunc sed velit dignissim sodales ut. Orci nulla pellentesque dignissim enim sit. Ut tristique et egestas quis ipsum. Odio morbi quis…