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Session: The Relationship Between Asthma and the Environment
3015.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
The Relationship Between Asthma and the Environment
The session will describe: the links between the indoor and outdoor environments and asthma; components of successful community based asthma intervention programs; the process for creating a disease-and geographoic-specific nees assessment, and the relationship between smoking and asthma.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to better understand: 1) the links between the indoor and outdoor environments and asthma; 2) describe components of successful community based asthma intervention programs; 3)learn of the process for creating a disease-and geographoic-specific nees assessment, and 4)discuss the relationship between smoking and asthma.
Moderator(s):John Neuberger, DrPH, MPH, MBA
8:30 AMInnovative partnerships to fight asthma in New England: Public agencies, private organizations and community groups working together
Laurie Stillman, MM
8:45 AMDeveloping a county-wide strategic plan to address asthma
LeConté J. Dill, MPH, Kathy Thomas-Perry, Karen Cohn, MS, CIH, Beth Saiki, MPH
9:00 AMMaking a difference in East Harlem New York City: A community-based asthma intervention
Pat Monahan, MPH, Tracey Dewart, PhD, William Sothern, MS, CIH, Susanne Lachapelle
9:15 AMProject ACCESS: A community-based research model exploring the prevalence of asthma in urban environments
Rosalind J. Wright, MD, MPH, Alba Cruz, PhD, MPH, Jodie Casagrande, MSW, MPH, Toni K. Williams, Rainelle White, Caroline Figueroa, Jason D. Copeland, Michelle Wright
9:30 AMChallenges and opportunities in financing effective environmental interventions for asthma
Polly Hoppin, ScD, Sara Donahue, Laurie Stillman, MM
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Environment; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA