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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…
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RAMP’s Goals for 2022
Healthy and stable housing. Healthy air for all. Health care equity. I’m pleased to share these goals will guide RAMP’s work for the next three years and beyond as we work to reduce the burden of asthma with a focus on health equity. As 2021 comes to a close, in partnership with RAMP Advisory Committee…
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Review Examines Housing Impact on Asthma Disparities
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology’s November 2021 edition contains an article examining the impact housing, as a social determinant of health, can have on asthma disparities. Researchers note that “In many minority communities, poor housing conditions and value are a legacy of historical policies and practices imbued with structural racism, including redlining, displacement,…
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Protecting Kids from Wildfire Smoke — Actions for California Schools
As researchers uncover greater health consequences of wildfire smoke exposure, especially in youth, California schools are being called on to adapt, improving infrastructure to protect kids against this and other impending climate impacts on health. Partners from across the state, including Stanford University and RAMP, produced this fact sheet in late 2021 to support schools…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Integrated Pest Management
Chris Geiger, Ph.D., IPM Program Manager at the San Francisco Department of the Environment, presented “Integrated Pest Management” on November 17, 2021. 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 them, please visit our Community…
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With New EPA Support, RAMP to Expand Systems to Sustain In-Home Environmental Asthma Interventions
If you have read our Digests for any length of time, you know how committed RAMP is to increasing access to asthma home visiting services for people with poorly controlled asthma. These services work. Because these services improve health outcomes, decrease health care expenditures, and reduce disparities in the asthma burden, we believe they should…
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Nursing Students Help Reduce ‘Asthma Van’ No-Shows using Telehealth
A study in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing’s April 2021 edition contains an article examining the impact of telehealth on no-show rates for a pediatric asthma mobile van. The researchers implemented an option for visits where parents could attend their child’s appointments while the parents were off-site. Using this method, they found that no-show rates…
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CDPH Highlights Regulations Protecting Workers from Wildfire Smoke
The California Department of Public Health is emphasizing Cal/OSHA’s Protection from Wildfire Smoke regulation in an effort to protect workers during wildfire events. The regulations are comprehensive, and require employers to: Identify harmful exposures Communicate and Train Reduce Workers’ exposure to wildfire smoke using engineering and administrative controls, and personal protective equipment CDPH has put…
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Webinar Recording: “Freight Automation: Dangers, Threats, and Opportunities for Health and Equity”
The Labor Network for Sustainability has released the recording of its webinar, “Freight Automation: Dangers, Threats, and Opportunities for Health and Equity.” Recorded in September, 2021, the webinar examines the realities of freight automation from multiple angles, and centers voices of communities and workers on the frontlines. Featured speakers include: Joel Ervice, Regional Asthma Management…
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Moving Forward Network Releases “Making the Case for Zero-Emission Solutions in Freight: Community Voices for Equity and Environmental Justice Report”
In mid-2021, the Moving Forward Network released a report on zero emissions in freight titled, “Making the Case for Zero-Emission Solutions in Freight: Community Voices for Equity and Environmental Justice.” The report focuses on frontline voices and community-led solutions to environmental, health, labor, and climate impacts of global freight systems. To view the report, click…
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Webinar Recording: Clear Skies, Healthy Lungs — Policies to Improve California’s Air Quality
On October 14, 2021, RAMP hosted a webinar, Clear Skies, Healthy Lungs: Policies to Improve California’s Air Quality. Partners at the American Lung Association, the California Air Resources Board and the California Energy Commission provided a timely update about a wide range of state policy efforts to reduce California’s significant air pollution and climate change…
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California Makes an Investment in Home Trigger Remediation
Starting in January, California’s Medicaid managed care organizations will be able to use Medicaid funding to pay for home trigger remediation for people with poorly controlled asthma! This financing win in support of a key component of asthma home visits comes under the auspices of CalAIM, a Medi-Cal reform effort. Specifically, as part of the…