Betty Perez-Rivera, EdD, CHES

District Public Health Office, NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene
East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence
158 East 115 Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY
USA 10029
Email: bp43@columbia.edu

Disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Presentations: • Health Disparities in Asthma: Workshop trainings and seminars on the impact of asthma in medically underserved and homeless populations. Training of Graduate Nursing Students at Columbia University, School of Nursing. • Professional Development Training and Seminars for healthcare, child care, administrative, and medical providers. Instruction of characteristics, symptoms, triggers, and medications for asthma as well as theoretical constructs, effective communication strategies, and other issues among special populations. • Health Educator providing community workshops to parents, students within the NYC public school system, teachers, and administrative staff. • Curriculum development of educational modules for all age levels: K-12, college, and graduate school levels. • Creation of publications and curriculums for low literacy learners Book Chapter, Increasing Asthma Awareness by Integrating Asthma Education Into The Public School Literacy and Science Curriculum, In: From Inequity to Equity in Health: A New Global Approach to Health Disparities, Published 2007.
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.