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To provide leadership to improve health outcomes of all Rhode Islanders with asthma by increasing access to quality healthcare, education, community resources and services, and healthy environments where we live, work, learn, and play. Interventions will address the prevention and management of asthma with emphasis on racial and ethnic minorities and people of low income.
Since 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides the Asthma Control Program with financial support and expert guidance through a cooperative agreement with the Rhode Island Department of Health.
The Rhode Island Asthma Control Program was created by the Rhode Island Department of Health in 1999 to reduce the growing burden of asthma in the State.
The Program works closely with the Rhode Island Asthma Control Coalition and the Healthy Housing Collaborative to help people with asthma manage their disease. The Asthma Control Coalition is comprised of 45 members from 37 organizations participating on workgroups to address asthma in the areas of Clinical Care, Healthy Housing, Schools, and Public Education.
A process for assessing community needs and developing action plans that help individuals and families address conditions that can affect asthma in a pilot community. (more)
A innovative pilot project to diagnose and control asthma triggers in the home of children with asthma in select core cities. (more)