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COVID-19 Is Not a Reason to Rollback Air Quality Protections
Industry stakeholders, along with some California legislators, are using the coronavirus pandemic to justify rolling back or delaying much-needed air quality protections. While we’re sympathetic to the global economic impacts of COVID-19, this is precisely the wrong time to stop California’s progress toward clean air, especially in inequitably burdened communities. Why? There is compelling early research showing…
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The Rent is Due: Tenant Protections and the COVID-19 Outbreak
Tenant protections are a core part of RAMP’s work to promote stable and healthy housing, and the coronavirus outbreak has only reinforced the importance of such protections. As the outbreak expanded, we were proud to support a call for a statewide moratorium on rent increases and evictions. But we know these policies are only temporary. …
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COVID-19, Asthma and Equity: RAMP’s Response
COVID-19 has had tremendous impacts on millions of individuals, families and communities. It has also significantly affected the work of asthma stakeholders, including RAMP. As we continue to work toward our mission of reducing the burden of asthma with a focus on equity, we want to share what we’re doing to help keep communities healthy…
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Presentation Recording on California’s 2020 and COVID-19 tenant protections
In partnership with Health Leads’ Bay Area Healthcare for Healthy Communities Learning Initiative (BALI), we also hosted a presentation on tenant protections. As you can see from this recording from early April, Madeline Howard from Western Center on Law and Poverty (WCLP) provided an update on new-in-2020 tenant protection laws, as well as some COVID-specific tenant protection…
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Examining Use of Albuterol in School Asthma Emergencies
In April 2020’s Pediatrics, researchers examined the availability of medications and how to manage asthma within schools. The researchers suggest “timely access to albuterol… provides a simple policy solution that can translate to a safer school environment regarding asthma.” For more information on the article, click here.
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Nutrition and Asthma Prevention and Treatment
Nutrition Reviews’ March 2020 edition examines the continued rise in prevalence of asthma along with the rise in Western dietary patterns. Researchers found “recommendations to increase fruit and vegetable consumption, while decreasing saturated fat and dairy intake, are supported by the current literature.” Additionally, “diets emphasizing the consumption of fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes, while…
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Gender and BMI in Relationship to Asthma
In Psychiatria Danubina’s December 2019 edition, researchers noted “Obesity is the most common comorbidity of asthma and is connected to incidence and course of the disease.” They sought to “determine the relationship between BMI and asthma and to explore possible gender differences.” Data were taken from 149 patients with asthma and 153 healthy blood donors,…
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Researchers Investigate Contributions of Particulate Matter to Respiratory Allergy
The Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology contains an article in its March 2020 edition aiming “to write a narrative review of the epidemiology of air pollution-related respiratory-related allergic disorders… and the effects of air pollutants – with an emphasis on the particulate matter – on respiratory allergy-related health.” Researchers used PubMed Medline to…
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Mapping of Interventions of Physical Activity on the Impacts of Asthma in Children
In November 2019’s International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health a study examines how physical activity can decrease the impact of asthma in children. Researchers sought to develop interventions that would help children with asthma become more physically active. The researchers created clusters of ideas sorted and rated by through importance of influencing physical…
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AHRQ Releases Brief on Impact of Community Health Worker Certification on Workforce and Service Delivery for Asthma
In March 2020 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a technical brief has been released to explore and describe the state of community health worker certifications and the relationship they have with community health worker outcomes, such as recruitment, retention, and employment stability. It also seeks to see the impact on outcomes for…
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Webinar: Virtual Asthma Home Visits
In light of the many changes that the coronavirus pandemic is creating, on April 3, 2020, RAMP hosted a webinar, Virtual Asthma Home Visits to learn more about virtual asthma home visits, share resources, and try to solve challenges related to implementation. The webinar featured Nikita Kachroo, AE-C, from Children’s National Hospital. Before the coronavirus outbreak,…
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Asthma and COVID-19
With the rapid escalation of the COVID-19 outbreak, we want to acknowledge the many impacts on our network of partners both personally and as stakeholders working to reduce the burden of asthma. We hope you, your families and your colleagues are staying healthy. First, we want to take a moment to discuss the COVID-19 risk…