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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Edith A. Parker, DrPH1, Toby C. Lewis, MD, MPH2, Katherine Edgren, MSW1, Ursula Ford-Pitts1, Jean Patton1, Maria A. Salinas, AS3, Adriana Zuniga1, and Wilma Brakefield-Caldwell, BS4. (1) Department of Health Behavior & Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, 734-763-0087, edithp@umich.edu, (2) Pediatric Pulmonology, University of Michigan Medical School, L221 Women's, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0212, (3) School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1420 Washington Heights, Room M5146, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, (4) Steering Committee Member, CAAA Steering Committee Member, 19373 Pennington, Detroit, MI 48211
The Community Action Against Asthma (CAAA) project is part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/Environmental Protection Agency funded Michigan Center for the Environment and Children's Health and focuses on reducing exposure to environmental triggers for children's asthma. The CAAA household environmental intervention is a two year intervention, in which outreach workers or Community Environmental Specialists (CESs) visit the enrolled households at least 9 times in the first "intensive" year of the intervention and 3 times in the second year of the intervention. During these visits, the CESs provide education, social support and materials such as bedding covers, vacuum cleaners and cleaning supplies, and services such as Integrated Pest Management to the caregivers and their households. The CESs work with the caregiver to design an individualized action plan to focus the caregivers' activities around reducing exposure to indoor environmental triggers in the home. The project enrolled 330 households and is using a randomized staggered design to evaluate the effects of the intervention. Project staff are currently analyzing evaluation data to assess the effect of the first intensive year of the intervention. Results of these analysis will be shared during this presentation as will challenges and lessons learned.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.