Session: Breathing Easier with Asthma Education

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4058.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Roundtable

Breathing Easier with Asthma Education

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant in this session will be able to: 1. Discuss environmental factors that can be changed to improve the quality of life for individuals living with asthma. 2. Identify frequent barriers for effective disease control in individuals already diagnosed with asthma. 3. Recognize the importance of individualized educational and environmental asthma interventions.

Moderator(s):

Marilyn Gardner, PhD

Table 1

Addressing Disparities in Asthma: A State Perspective from California Breathing
Bindi Gandhi, MA, Barbara Cowan, MPH

Table 2

A child's rights to an asthma friendly environment: A community-based health education program for parents
Dominique M. Fradin-Read, MD, MPH, Sandra Graham-Hendricks, MD, Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado, MPH, Sonja Halterman, BS, Erin Rawson, MPH, Loida Burrowes_Henry, BS, Monica Morales, BS, Patti Herring, PhD, RN, Kiti Freier, PhD, Elizabeth Holzhauser, MPH

Table 3

A community based learning collaborative improves asthma care *
Julie Osgood, MS, Deborah Deatrick, MPH, Barbara Chilmonczyk, MD, Lisa Belanger, MSN, NP

Table 4

Asthma triggers in low-income homes at the U.S.-Mexico border
Monica A. Riojas, MD, Claudia S. Miller, MD, MS, Richard J. Shaughnessy, PhD, Roger B. Perales, MPH, RS

Table 5

Nassau County (NY) Childhood Asthma Intervention
Melaine Chin, BS, Abby Greenberg, MD, Mary Ellen Laurain, BS, Anne Little, Daniel Kuhles, MD, MPH, David M. Ackman, MD, MPH

Table 6

Too breathe or not to breathe: Outcomes from the Community Asthma Program
Wynona Black, MPH, Vanessa Curtis, RRT, Andrea Peterson-Brown, BSN, Sheniz A. Moonie, PhD, Richard S. Kurz, PhD, Kristin D. Wilson, MHA, Mario Castro, MD, MPH, AE-C

Table 7

Managing pediatric asthma: An application of the Chronic Care Model
Tejal Mehta, MD, Sanjay Mitra, MD, Gladys Raveneau, MD, Anthony Divittis, MA, Evelyn Opoku, MD, Edward Fishkin, MD, Mitchell Rubin, MD

Table 8

Asthma Home and School Intervention
Debra Ball-Jones, Terrance L. Williams, BS

Table 9

Educating Adults with Asthma: A review of the American Lung Association's Breathe Well, Live Well program
Barbara Kaplan, MPH, CHES

Table 10

Asthma education for all: Increasing community awareness through educational workshops for children and adults *
Betty Perez-Rivera, EdD, CHES, Natalie Langston-Davis, MD, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

Public Health Education and Health Promotion

Endorsed by:

Maternal and Child Health; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus

The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA