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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California Breathing Releases Interactive County Asthma Data Tool
California Breathing has replaced its previous county asthma profiles with an Interactive County Asthma Data Tool. The tool contains information about asthma prevalence, Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations, deaths, and more. To view the tool, click here.
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American Lung Association Releases “Controlling Air Pollutants in Multi-Unit Housing”
The American Lung Association has released a resource titled “Controlling Air Pollutants in Multi-Unit Housing.” This infographic was designed to assist property managers in identifying and controlling indoor air pollutants. In addition, it includes information about the American Lung Association’s Healthy Air at Home program, which teaches how to protect air in your home. The…
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Environmental Protection Agency Produces “It’s Asthma” Infographic Series
The Indoor Environments Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released “It’s Asthma,” an infographic series providing information about indoor environmental asthma triggers to adolescents and emerging adults with asthma. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adolescents and emerging adults have the highest and fourth highest current asthma prevalence rates among…
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Asthma Management Academy Releases Video on Asthma Management in Imperial County
The Asthma Management Academy, a series of in-person trainings that use national asthma guidelines to teach non-licensed health professionals and educators in the most highly impacted communities, has released a new video on how learning about asthma through the program has led to one student teaching others about air pollution and asthma. In the video,…
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USC Publishes Does Race Increase Your Chances of Asthma?
Nursing@USC, the online Family Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Southern California, has published a resource titled “Does Race Increase Your Chance of Asthma?” The visual and written guide investigates the social determinants of health that affect asthma and examines how they impact black children as opposed to their white peers. The guide details…
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Releases Schools for Health: Foundations for Student Success
The Healthy Buildings Team at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has released a report titled “Schools for Health: Foundations for Student Success.” The document was designed to synthesize more than thirty years of scientific research about the impacts of indoor environmental quality in schools, and also provide an accessible, evidence-based guide to the…
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Reducing the Burden of Asthma through a Comprehensive, Community-Centered Approach [Video]
In this video, filmed in May 2018, Anne Kelsey Lamb, RAMP Director, presents at Grand Rounds at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. She presents a comprehensive approach to addressing asthma disparities, focusing on upstream determinants of health including substandard housing, outdoor air pollution, stress and exposure to violence. Part I Part II
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Nemours and AcademyHealth Release Briefs on Medicaid Payment Strategies for Upstream Prevention
In June, 2018, Nemours and AcademyHealth released a series of six briefs examining how states can use existing Medicaid authority to finance upstream prevention. These briefs were developed through technical assistance to Maryland, Oregon, and Washington, and aim to show how states can pursue sustainable financing through Medicaid for preventing chronic diseases at both the…
