Sonoma County Asthma Coalition

115 Talbot Ave
Santa Rosa, California 95404

http://www.sonomaasthma.org

Contact Person: Shan Magnuson

Phone: 707-527-5864

Fax: 707-542-6111

Counties Served: Sonoma

Organization Type: Community or Faith Based, Environmental - Public Health (American Lung Ass)

Program Activities: Advocacy, Data Collection, Outreach/Education, Policy Development

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

Race/Ethnicity Served: African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, White

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 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.

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

• Maintain and expand asthma surveillance in California at the state, county, and sub-county levels.
• Use surveillance data to document disparities in asthma prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, and implement interventions aimed at eliminating these disparities.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assess school compliance with existing codes and best practices impacting asthma, and ensure regulations adequately address asthma and indoor environments in schools.
• Increase the number of qualified personnel in schools and districts to better meet the needs of students with asthma.
• Institute specialized trainings for all district personnel on asthma and environmental factors that impact asthma.
• Minimize exposure to contaminated outdoor air and promote safe and healthy outdoor school environments.

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

• Increase the availability of child care health consultants, health personnel, and technical assistance resources to help child care providers manage asthma.
• Ensure that regulations for licensed child care facilities adequately address asthma and indoor environments, and ensure that education about regulations is sufficient.

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.
• Develop and promote standards, guidelines, and model policies for asthma-safe healthy housing that minimize indoor environmental risk factors that contribute to asthma.
• 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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