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5018.0: Wednesday, November 10, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
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| Asthma can be triggered by a range of factors, such as inadequate ventilation, cockroaches, and poor outdoor air quality. Given asthma’s diverse and commonplace triggers, efforts for change must focus on the quality of the air in environments where children live and play, and in the schools they attend. Low-income communities of color often face poor housing conditions, dilapidated schools, and outdoor air pollution from nearby industries and freeways. Families alone cannot initiate the deep level of changes that can improve their children’s environments to reduce the frequency of their asthma attacks. There is a need to develop effective strategies to reduce asthma triggers through viable public policy – and responses are emerging at the grassroots. Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) is an initiative of twelve local coalitions, four regional centers, and a state coordinating office that are funded by The California Endowment to address this need by advancing policies that will reduce environmental triggers of asthma among school-aged children. Policies are selected, developed, and promoted by the local conditions, based on their knowledge of local challenges and potential solutions. This session will highlight the policy activity to two local CAFA coalitions and the importance of linking health and envionmentally-focused organizations and perspectives. | |||
| Learning Objectives: - Describe two examples of community organizing efforts to promote policies to reduce environmental triggers of asthma. - Discuss the importance of linking health and environmental organizations and perspectives. - Discuss three strategies to help local community members engage in advocacy efforts. | |||
| Rebecca Flournoy, MPH | |||
| Building effective partnerships to promote environmental health policy Rebecca Flournoy, MPH | |||
Promoting precaution: Creating environmental health and justice collaborations ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Martha Dina Arguello | |||
| San Diego community collaborative on asthma and the environment Joni Low | |||
| Grassroots Involvement in Air Pollution Reduction Initiatives Through Coalition Efforts Maura W. Dwyer | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Community Health Planning and Policy Development | ||
| Endorsed by: | Community-Based Public Health Caucus; Environment; Health Administration; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||