California Asthma Public Health Initiative (CAPHI)

P.O. Box 997377, MS 7210
Sacramento, California 95899-7377

http://www.betterasthmacare.org

Contact Person: Patricia Porter, RN, MPH, CHES

Phone: 415 502-6493

Fax: 415 476-3915

Counties Served: Alameda | Alpine | Santa Cruz | Amador | Butte | Fresno | Inyo | Kern | Kings | Imperial | Los Angeles | Riverside | San Bernardino | San Diego | Calaveras | Colusa | Contra Costa | Del Norte | El Dorado | Glenn | Humboldt | Lake | Lassen | Marin | Mendocino | Modoc | Napa | Nevada | Placer | Plumas | Sacramento | San Francisco | San Joaquin | San Mateo | Shasta | Sierra | Siskiyou | Solano | Sonoma | Sutter | Tehama | Trinity | Tuolumne | Yolo | Yuba | Madera | Mariposa | Merced | Mono | Monterey | San Benito | Santa Clara | Stanislaus | Tulare | San Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara | Ventura | Orange

Organization Type: Government Agency, Other - CA Department of Public Health

Program Activities: Data Collection, Outreach/Education, Policy Development -
Improving quality of asthma care

Age Groups Served: under 5, 5-12, 13-18, 19-64, 65 and older

Race/Ethnicity Served: African American/Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian, Hispanic/Latino, White, No

We are working on goals related to implementation of the Strategic Plan...

• Raise public awareness of asthma and the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
• Develop a comprehensive and coordinated asthma program within DHCS and CDPH to allow state-level programs to work collaboratively.
• Develop and revise, as needed, work plans to meet goals and objectives outlined in the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
• Enable and empower local public and private organizations to implement the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
• Interface, coordinate, and collaborate with other states, as well as national and international organizations, on the prevention and management of asthma.

We are working on goals related to asthma surveillance...

• Use surveillance data to document disparities in asthma prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, and implement interventions aimed at eliminating these disparities.
• CDPH will establish partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders to identify asthma research priorities, study asthma, and develop effective asthma interventions.
• Policy regarding asthma will be informed by analysis and interpretation of data.

We are working on goals related to health care...

• Develop and promote statewide implementation of “standards of asthma care” in collaboration with public and private health care delivery and payer systems.
• Facilitate coverage and reimbursement for a comprehensive chronic disease management approach to asthma within public and private health care payer systems.
• Expand quality improvement for asthma care within public and private health care delivery and payer systems to assess, improve, and sustain high-quality asthma care.
• Ensure integrated asthma care and enhance communication between primary care providers, emergency departments, hospital inpatient settings, and community settings.
• Improve asthma knowledge and competency of health care professionals and community health workers, with a high priority on those serving underserved populations.
• Increase access to high quality asthma care for underserved populations by implementing best practices that reduce cost, culture, language, and location/distance as barriers to care.

We are working on goals related to asthma and schools...

• Establish comprehensive and coordinated asthma policies and procedures in school districts to ensure health and well-being of students with asthma.

We are working on goals related to asthma and housing/institutions...

• Improve understanding of asthma trigger exposure in home environments and assess effectiveness of exposure reduction interventions.
• Educate various stakeholder groups on the importance of reducing indoor environmental risk factors in housing that contribute to asthma.
• Ensure health home environments for people with asthma through augmenting home assessments, remediation, and legal advocacy.

We are working on goals related to outdoor environments...

• Decrease exposure to second-hand smoke.

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