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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Webinar Recording: Innovations in Financing Environmental Home Visits Within Medicaid
On September 13th, 2022, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Indoor Environments Division hosted a webinar, Innovations in Financing Environmental Home Visits Within Medicaid. The on-demand video is now available online on the Asthma Community Network website. The webinar was the first of a three-part series on indoor environmental determinants of health. It explored solutions that…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Asthma, Cannabis, Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke
Suzaynn F. Schick, PhD Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine., presented “Asthma, Cannabis, Secondhand & Thirdhand Smoke” on September 20, 2022. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. For additional information about future meetings, including how to join…
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Building Systems to Sustain Home-Based Asthma Services: An Online Learning Platform
Why? The implementation of asthma home visiting programs has traditionally been limited in scale, but the momentum building around healthcare reform has increased opportunities for states to consider more sustainable and widespread implementation. Some states have already invested heavily in developing programs, policies, and funding to widen the geographic scope of existing asthma home-visiting programs…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Asthma, Wildfire Smoke, and Air Cleaners
Dr. Gina Solomon with the Public Health Institute and Sharifa Brooks-Smith-Lowe with Regional Asthma Management & Prevention, presented “Asthma, Wildfire Smoke, and Air Cleaners” on August 23, 2022. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. For additional information about future meetings, including how to…
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Webinar Recording of 2022 Asthma Award Winner Now Available
Did you miss the US EPA’s 2022 Asthma Award Winner Webinar: Innovative Strategies and Partnerships to Improve Asthma Outcomes Through a Comprehensive Approach? A recording of the event is now available. The 2022 winner of the EPA’s National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management, the Utah Department of Health Asthma Program, describes how the program: …
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California Health Interview Survey Releases Updated Local-level Health Data
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has updated its health data query tool, AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition™ (NE), with new topics and 2020 small area estimates that provide specific health and demographic data on Californians at progressively finer levels of magnification: legislative district, county, city, ZIP code, and census tract. Drawing upon the responses of…
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CAFA Virtual Summit Showcases Asthma Insights and Actions
To advance the collective work to reduce the burden of asthma, on June 14-15, RAMP hosted the 2022 Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Virtual Summit. Featuring expert presentations and peer discussions, the two days featured lessons and actions from asthma stakeholders in California and beyond. The Summit’s sessions covered a range of topics, and…
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Releases Asthma Infographic
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute has released an infographic to help parents “know the signs of asthma” as well as providing a “guide to working with healthcare providers to help kids with asthma live full, active lives.” It includes statistics of incidence rates and demographics of children with asthma, as well. For more…