Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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Last Chance to Sign Up for the 18th Annual Wheezing & Sneezing in the Desert Conference
September 21, 2024 · 8 am - 4:30 pm · Creighton University, Phoenix |
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Last chance to save your seat for the 18th Annual Wheezing & Sneezing in the Desert Conference on September 21, 2024. 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!
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New Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU) Cooperative Agreement
EPA and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are pleased to announce a new cooperative agreement for the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU). $3,673,450 million will be awarded for the first year of the new PEHSU cooperative agreement. The cooperative agreement will provide a projected $14 million to the Public Health Institute over 3 years.
PEHSUs have been enhancing reproductive and children's health for over 25 years by incorporating environmental health into clinical care and public health, while also supporting communities.
This funding opportunity will support initiatives aimed at:
- Educating health professionals,
- Conducting community outreach and education,
- Providing consultative service,
- Offering referral resources, and
- Collaborating with partners to prevent or minimize hazardous environmental exposures during fetal, childhood, and adolescent development, as well as the preconception period.
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EPA Announces Selectees for the Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Quality at Schools Program
On August 22, EPA announced the five applications selected for $34 million under this grant program. The selected organizations will help schools in low-income, disadvantaged and Tribal communities across the country to develop comprehensive indoor air quality management plans and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. These grants to protect children’s health are made possible through the Biden-Harris Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history. |
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Traffic-Related Pollution Affects Childhood Asthma Outcomes
Pulmonology Advisor
In children with poorly controlled asthma, residential proximity to highly trafficked roadways is associated with lower lung function measures and higher levels of diesel particulate matter (PM) exposure, according to study findings published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. |
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Asthma Boulevard The Atlantic
Jo Franco still remembers the moment she realized that her nose worked. Growing up in Wilmington, a Los Angeles neighborhood dotted with oil refineries and next to one of the largest port complexes in the country, she’d always assumed she had a fever, or allergies: “I could never breathe through my nose at all,” she told me. But when she moved away from the city for college, her breathing suddenly got easier. “It was this wonderful surprise,” she said. “I could smell lemons.” Franco can still map Wilmington’s refineries, and still remembers the chemicals they’d release into the sky. At 28, after moving back to California, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. |
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A cross-sectional study on the self-management of asthma and asthma control among adult asthmatic patients in the Aseer region, KSA
Nature
Proper management of asthma is crucial for maintaining control over the disease and has a significant impact on the patient’s overall condition. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of self-management and the level of Asthma control in the patients from the Aseer region of Saudi Arabia, as well as to investigate determinants of illness control. A study was conducted using quantitative cross-sectional methods. |
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Timely Pediatric Asthma Treatment Cedars-Sinai
At a time in their lives that is pivotal for learning and growth, many children struggle to catch their breath. It’s because of asthma, the nation’s most common childhood condition, affecting nearly 4.7 million Americans younger than the age of 18. In 44% of pediatric cases, asthma is uncontrolled, according to an estimate from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. The constant threat keeps children awake and on guard around the clock, afraid for their next breath.
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‘My main advice for parents is not to wait’
UW Medicine
Shatoya Banks’ mental checklist kicks in when the sky turns orange. Or when she’s planning a family trip, or her son is heading to football practice. Her son, Isaiah Ansell, has asthma, so he must have what he needs before she leaves for work: Inhaler, check. Asthma medication, check. Indoor activity for an energetic 8-year-old if it’s smoky, too hot or the pollen count is up, check. And if Isaiah has difficulty breathing, either at football or wrestling practice, he must call her, his grandmother or aunt — both also have asthma — and go to the emergency room. |
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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 |
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