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Session: Approaching Asthma Through Multiple Venues
4120.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Approaching Asthma Through Multiple Venues
Papers will present the development of a partnership between pediatric residents and a school district, to address high asthma related to ER and hospitalization rates; the definition of the types of infrastructure that facilitate reducing the environmental triggers of asthma; and the effectiveness and differences between Peak Flow and Spirometry as tools for asthma management.
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to: 1)Develop a partnership between pediatric residents and a school district, to address high asthma related to ER and hospitalization rates; 2)Define the types of infrastructure that facilitate reducing the environmental triggers of asthma; and 3)Identiy the effectiveness and differences between Peak Flow and Spirometry as tools for asthma management.
Moderator(s):Sarah Stone-Francisco, MPH
12:30 PMEvaluating Cigarette Smoking as a Risk Factor for Asthma in Virginia Adults
Cory McGilll, MPH
12:45 PMA Fifth Vital SIgn for a Pediatric Asthma Program
Jonathan Tan, Elizabeth W. Holt, Dean Hosgood
1:00 PMCommunity asthma coalitions working toward primary prevention environmental goals: A formative evaluation
Mary Kreger, DrPH, Claire Brindis, DrPH, Herebeto Escamilla, PhD, Marion Standish, JD, Diane Manuel, PhD
1:15 PMAsthma management and education program: A general pediatric training program partnering with schools to control asthma
Janine S. Bishop, MPH, Lisa J. Chamberlain, MD, MPH, Laurie Bauer, RN, MPH
1:30 PMMeasuring Health-Related Quality of Life in six racial/ethnically diverse communities in Chicago as a tool to uncover disparities and guide planning
Jocelyn A. Hirschman, MPH, Ami M. Shah, MPH, Abigail Silva, MPH, Steven Whitman, PhD
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; School Health Education and Services
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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