Other Resources
One of our core strategies at RAMP is to keep the asthma field abreast of best practices, timely opportunities, and emerging research in order to build capacity for reducing the inequitable burden of asthma. We do this by cultivating an extensive hub of asthma-related information across a wide range of topics, including asthma management and healthcare, housing, air pollution, schools, the built environment, and more.
The resources that you’ll see below were published by partner organizations, agencies, and research institutions. Most of these resources are tailored for those who serve people with asthma, including clinicians, home visitors, community representatives, environmental health specialists, asthma educators, healthy housing representatives, environmental health and justice advocates, and many others. To specifically see resources created by RAMP, check out RAMP Tools & Publications.
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Asthma Control Tests
The Asthma Control Tests below can help determine whether an individual’s asthma is well controlled or poorly controlled. These asthma control test documents are from the website of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health.
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EPA Releases Pilot Indicators of Environmental Health Disparities
As part of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) FY2022-2026 Strategic Plan, the EPA released the pilot Indicators of Environmental Health Disparities resource. The intent of these indicators is to illustrate the disparities in key environmental and public health issues and describe EPA’s activities that may contribute to reductions in these disparities and overall health…
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ASHRAE Releases “Protecting Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire and Prescribed Burn Events” Guidelines; Free Public Access to a Read-Only Version Available through 2/11
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has released Guideline 44, “Protecting Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire and Prescribed Burn Events.” This guideline offers recommendations for commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings to mitigate health impacts from smoke, making it the first of its kind to support building owners and managers…
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EPA’s Updated Ventilation and Respiratory Virus Guidance
The EPA has released updated guidance on indoor air quality (IAQ) strategies for preventing the spread of common respiratory viruses in homes, schools, offices, and commercial buildings. In addition to the virus that causes COVID-19, there are many other types of airborne respiratory viruses, including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, that can spread more easily…
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Video Series Aims at Improving Indoor Air Quality
Improving indoor air quality is the goal of a video series developed by experts at the University of California, Davis in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health. Released in late 2024, the videos distill the science of air quality into concrete steps that people can take to remove pollutants from the place we…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Work-Related Asthma
On October 22nd, RAMP hosted a CHW meeting on Work-Related Asthma, presented by Jennifer Flattery, Chief, Occupational Health Tracking Unit, Occupational Respiratory Disease Surveillance Program, Work-related Asthma Prevention Program, California Department of Public Health. You can view the recording here. For more information, reach out to Anne Kelsey Lamb at anne@rampasthma.org.
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EPA’s New and Improved Emergencies and Indoor Air Quality Website
The EPA recently shared its new Emergencies and Indoor Air Quality website where individuals can learn to protect themselves as well as their IAQ before, during, and after emergencies. This website shares information about wildfires, floods, power outages, extreme heat, winter weather, and more. People spend most of their time indoors and rely on indoor…
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Pest Prevention and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
On September 24th, the California Healthy Housing Coalition’s IAQ Workgroup hosted a webinar on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Building off of last year’s introduction to pest infestations, this year’s webinar provided an in-depth look at pest prevention and integrated pest management (IPM). Dr. Andrew Sutherland from UC IPM provided an overview of IPM focusing on pest prevention strategies…
