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Critical Need for Implementing an Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative (APMI) Program

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM

Diane L Adams, MD, MPH, CHS-III , Founder, Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Group of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Juxtopia, LLC, Silver Spring, MD
In 2010, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc. launched its Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative (APMI) in the United States which lasted for four years. Through AKA's partnership with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), a program under the National Institutes of Health and its collaboration with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Alpha Kappa Alpha raised awareness among parents and childhood educators about the treatment of childhood asthma through educational activities, informational forums, health fairs and screenings.

Learning Areas:

Program planning

Learning Objectives:
Define the number of children and parents APMI reached in the United States. List the number of chapters participating in APMI.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Founder and Chair Emeritus of the Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) Group of APHA. I have served as the Chair, Program Planner of the Health Administration Section as well as the HIIT Section and HIIT Center. I am also President, Conference of Emeritus Members.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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