Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
|
|
Enhance Your Clinical Care: Join Us for the 18th Annual Wheezing & Sneezing in the Desert Conference
September 21, 2024 · 8 am - 4:30 pm · Creighton University, Phoenix |
|
|
Join us for the 18th Annual Wheezing & Sneezing in the Desert Conference on September 21, 2024. Featured speakers will address topics ranging from new treatments for asthma, allergy, and atopic dermatitis, to improving indoor air quality to healthcare/ school collaborative care. This event promises a comprehensive educational experience designed for pediatric and adult primary care providers, asthma specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, nurses, school nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Discover new insights, network with peers, and earn CMEs and CEUs. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your clinical care and improve patient outcomes!
Keynote Presentation This year's Conference will feature a keynote on Asthma Biological Agents, presented by Cori Daines, MD, Professor of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Division Chief of Pediatric Pulmonary Center at the University of Arizona. You won't want to miss it! |
|
|
Grant to Support the School Stock Inhaler Program
Mercy C.A.R.E.S. has awarded the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Center & the Arizona Asthma Coalition a 2024 Mercy C.A.R.E.S. Community Reinvestment Grant in the amount of $400,000. The grant will support the school stock inhaler program focusing on “Empowering Communities: Amplifying the Reach of the Stock Inhaler for Schools Program in Rural Counties and Tribal Nations through Strategic Partnerships.” |
|
|
|
|
Webinar: Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health Solutions for Asthma During Wildfire Events
Save your seat for the third webinar in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor Environments Division’s (IED) three-part series:
Solving for the Indoor Environmental Determinants of Health (IEDOH) in Asthma - IEDOH Solutions for Asthma During Wildfire Events
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
2:00–3:30 p.m. EDT |
|
|
|
|
Asthma study tracking Tucsonans from birth into adulthood University of Arizona
A decades-long study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center is improving lung health through research.
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Inhaler for Schools Program Newsletter | Fall 2024
The latest edition of the Stock Inhaler for Schools Program newsletter includes an overview on how schools will enroll in the 2024-25 Stock Inhaler for Schools Program.
|
|
|
|
|
[VIDEO] Doctor explains medical response to Olympic swimmer's asthma attack
WCVB Channel 5 Boston
When 21-year-old Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka finished her race, she suddenly collapsed on the deck. She had suffered an asthma attack with no access to her inhaler. Dr. Scott Hadland, chief of adolescent and young adult medicine at Mass General for Children, explains the medical response to athsma attacks and how a bystander might be able to help. |
|
|
|
|
WHO publishes new tobacco and asthma knowledge summary World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new knowledge summary focused on the critical relationship between tobacco use and asthma. This summary sheds light on the significant health impacts of tobacco use on individuals with asthma, emphasizing the need for comprehensive tobacco control measures.
|
|
|
|
|
The Status of Asthma in the United States
CDC
Asthma imposes a substantial health and economic burden on patients and their families and on the health care system. An assessment of the status of asthma in the US may lead to effective strategies to improve health and quality of life among people with asthma. The objective of our study was to assess the historical trends and current state of asthma illness and death among children and adults in the US. |
|
|
|
|
Join the Arizona Asthma Coalition As a nonprofit partnership since 1996, AAC has worked together with concerned stakeholders including public health, environmental quality, managed care, education, individual physicians and nurses, hospitals, foundations, families and other colleagues. Become a member of the Arizona Asthma Coalition or renew your membership and help us continue this important work. Join or renew here |
|
|
|
