Other Resources
One of our core strategies at RAMP is to keep the asthma field abreast of best practices, timely opportunities, and emerging research in order to build capacity for reducing the inequitable burden of asthma. We do this by cultivating an extensive hub of asthma-related information across a wide range of topics, including asthma management and healthcare, housing, air pollution, schools, the built environment, and more.
The resources that you’ll see below were published by partner organizations, agencies, and research institutions. Most of these resources are tailored for those who serve people with asthma, including clinicians, home visitors, community representatives, environmental health specialists, asthma educators, healthy housing representatives, environmental health and justice advocates, and many others. To specifically see resources created by RAMP, check out RAMP Tools & Publications.
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab Releases Brief on Reducing Repeat Hospital Visits for Children with AsthmaChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s PolicyLab Releases Brief on Reducing Repeat Hospital Visits for Children with Asthma
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) PolicyLab has released a policy brief with recommendations for health systems and policymakers to help reduce hospital readmissions due to asthma. CHOP partnered with the Community Asthma Prevention Program in an effort to cut emergency department revisit rates for the highest-risk children with asthma. The brief details that intervention,…
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Union of Concerned Scientists Releases Fact Sheet on Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in California
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has released a fact sheet, Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution from Vehicles in California, which helps to demonstrate the strong need for programs California has developed to reduce vehicular pollution. The analysis highlights 1) the production of unhealthy air by cars, trucks, and buses, and 2) who bears the…
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American Lung Association Releases Coping with Wildfire Smoke
The American Lung Association has released an animation as part of its outreach on the 2018 Californian wildfires. The animation provides tips for protecting lung health during wildfires. Currently available in English, the animation will soon be available in Spanish. To view the animation, click here.
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Releases ASTHMA Care for Adults Online Course
In late 2018, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America released an online course that covers a full range of topics everyone with asthma needs to know. “ASTHMA Care for Adults” is a self-paced online course and makes use of videos, animations, handouts and more to teach viewers how to better manage asthma. For more…
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HUD Releases Healthy Homes Youth App
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes has partnered with the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to release a new app designed to teach middle-schoolers about household contaminants. The app aims to help kids learn about actions they can take to…
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National League of Cities Releases Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: Policies, Practices and Programs in Asthma & Lead – Strategies for Progress
The National League of Cities has released a new report titled “Advancing City-Level Healthy Housing: Policies, Practices and Programs in Asthma & Lead – Strategies for Progress.” The report aims to demonstrate the essential role of city leadership in addressing lead and asthma hazards in housing stock across the country. The report was developed in…
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Children’s Health Fund Releases Video Series: Asthma–What you Need to Know
The Children’s Health Fund and The Primary School have partnered to create a series of videos that describe what you need to know to take care of a child with asthma. There is a complete video that contains all the content, as well as shorter videos that explain what asthma and asthma triggers are as…
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National Center for Healthy Housing Releases Technical Briefs on Funding Community Health Worker Services
The National Center for Healthy Housing has released two technical briefs on funding services provided by community health workers. The first brief, Advancing the Role of Community Health Workers: Engaging State Medicaid Offices to Develop State Plan Amendments Regarding the Preventative Services Rule Change, “reviews the process for amending Medicaid state plans to include” community…
