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1.0 Objectives & Strategies

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1.1. Raise public awareness of asthma and the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
1.1.1. Promote the Plan to key stakeholders in the public and private sectors at the local, regional, state and national levels by widely disseminating printed and electronic copies of the Plan; post the Plan on the web and create query mechanisms to enable rapid searches within the Plan by sector (e.g. health care, schools) and types of intervention (e.g. systems change, policy change); and, meet with policymakers, key decision makers and major grant makers to raise awareness of the Plan and to help ensure the Plan is put into action.
1.1.2. Conduct an effective public communication campaign to raise awareness of asthma, including identifying and developing a list of consumer rights for people with asthma.
1.2. Develop a comprehensive and coordinated asthma program within the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and one that collaborates with other state departments and divisions.
The Departments will:
1.2.1. Develop an intra-Departmental and combined departmental coordinating structure that will clarify the working relationship and leadership roles of the two new departments and ensure a shared vision, common goals, and prioritized strategies.
1.2.2. Develop and support an inter-departmental work group comprised but not limited to DHCS, CDPH, California Department of Education (CDE), California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA), Department of Housing and Community Development, Community Care Licensing, Office of the State Architect, Department of Transportation, and others.
1.2.3. Support optimum commitment of personnel, material, and financial resources for on-going implementation of the Plan.
1.2.4. Fully utilize existing data maintained by other departments and where appropriate, establish opportunities for data exchange mechanisms and agreements between departments within the State of California for data relevant to asthma surveillance.
1.2.5. Ensure that leaders and policy makers are well informed on asthma in California, and are able to access public and private expertise regarding asthma-related issues, policy and legislation.
1.3. Develop and revise, as needed, work plans to meet goals and objectives outlined in the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
1.3.1. Identify specific strategies, measurale outcomes when possible, and time frames for objectives and goals. This process is on-going, given the iterative nature of the five-year plan.
1.3.2. Identify departments and divisions within the state and local government that will be responsible for (or contribute to) accomplishing specific Plan objectives.
1.3.3. Identify other organizations and entities in the public and private sectors at the local, regional, and state levels that agree to address (or contribute to accomplishing) specific Plan goals and objectives.
1.3.4. Encourage public and private agencies and asthma coalitions at the state, regional, and local levels to use the Plan to shape their internal work plans and strategic planning.
1.4. Implement, monitor and evaluate the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California at the local and state levels.
1.4.1. Support a committee that consists of a diverse group of asthma stakeholders and experts from the public and private sectors at the state, regional and local levels to facilitate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Plan.
1.4.2. Hold a Statewide Asthma Summit every two years that brings together key constituents to assess the status of asthma in California, refine program and policy directions, assess research, lay the groundwork for future activities, and to support and ever-growing network within California.
1.5. Enable and empower local public and private organizations to implement the Strategic Plan for Asthma in California.
1.5.1. Support, expand, and strengthen local asthma coalitions and other coalitions that have goals in common with asthma throughout California. Support existing communication and technical support infrastructures, at the state and regional levels, for these coalitions and programs (e.g., Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP), Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA), California Asthma Public Health Initiative (CAPHI), Best Practices in Childhood Asthma (BPCA), California Asthma Partners (CAP), California Breathing (CB), and tobacco control coalitions, nutrition, and physical activity-related groups).1.5.2. Develop mechanisms and guidance for locally based public and private organizations to work together with local public health departments, local school boards, local air districts, and others to advance the Strategic Plan. These will draw on local expertise throughout the state, synthesize best practices for such collaborations and promote these best practices, fund local forums for public and private sectors to develop and/or strengthen collaborative relationships to improve asthma management and prevention.
1.5.3. Maintain a single website/portal dedicated to asthma in California that will include, or link to: current data on asthma; the Strategic Plan; work plans to carry out the strategic plan; updates on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the strategic plan; asthma organizations throughtout California, including an on-line asthma network for individuals, organziations, institutions and coalitions working to address asthma in order to share successes and challenges; best practices and educational opportunities; and information about current research in the field.
1.5.4. DHCS and CDPH will develop and maintain relationships with key organizations within California that actively engage in infrastructure development, programmatic and policy development and local and regional empowerment, such as The California Endowment, the California HealthCare Foundation, the Public Health Institue, the California Wellness Foundation, the Proposition 10 Commissions, First 5 California, etc.
1.5.5. Identify and develop adequate and sustained long-term funding mechanisms and sources for asthma services, programs, policy work, and colation work at the local and regional levels.
1.6. Interface, coordinate, and collaborate with other states, as well as national and international organizations, on the prevention and management of asthma.
1.6.1. Participate in national and international initiatives and work groups, pertaining to asthma, respiratory health, disparities, and/or air quality.
1.6.2. Whenever possible, collaborate with other public health movements such as but not limited to: universal health care; health care quality improvement; elimination of health disparities; poverty reduction; income/wealth disparity reduction; environmental justice; smart growth; healthy communities; gloval warming; tobacco control; obesity and diabetes initiatives; the goods movement; sustainable energy; and green building to prevent and control asthma and other illnesses, and to create environments that will optimize health.
1.6.3. Present California's work on controlling asthma through programmatic actions, systems change, and policy change at state, national, and internationla conferences and meetings.
1.6.4. Consider innovative and effective asthma practices from local counties, other states and countries in planning California's ongoing asthma efforts.