Involvement of APMI Key Partners

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Inc.’s 2010-2014 Asthma Prevention and Management Initiative (APMI) was a public and private partnership launched by the Sorority.  APMI engaged multiple federal agencies, national organizations, and a corporation in various aspects of its development and implementation across nine AKA domestic regions.  The partners included the:  1) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) /National Institutes of Health- (Lead Partner); 2) National Consortium for African American Children, Inc. (NCAAC); 3) National Head Start Association (NHSA); 4) American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI); 5) Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA); 6)American Nurses Association (ANA); 7) American Lung Association (ALA); 8) American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); 9) Merck Childhood Asthma Network (MCAN); 10) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and 11) Quest Diagnostics. This presentation highlights how technology was used to facilitate collaborative programming nationally, regionally, and locally to address asthma—a public health problem of national and international significance.