N. E. Asthma Regional Council

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N. E. Asthma Regional Council
Working Together for a Change 4-1-05
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Accomplishments Over Past Year5 Committees

• DIESEL Steve Makjut, Rick Rumba, Lucy Edmondson,
  Christine Sansevero, Ellen Tohn
• HEALTHY HOUSING- Amy Rainone, Stacey Roberts and
  Ellen Tohn
• HEALTHY SCHOOLS NEW ENGLAND- Jackie Ascrizzi and
  Laurie Stillman
• SURVEILLANCE- Pat Miskell, Colleen Caron, and
  Betsy Rosenfeld
• ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS- Betsy Rosenfeld,
  Laurie Stillman, Polly Hoppin and Sara Donahue

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Planning for Action
12 Point Action Plan
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AccomplishmentsCLEAN BUSES

• School Bus Retrofits
• EPA funds projects in Maine Warwick, RI
  Medford, MA NH
• Evaluating retrofits in NH and ME
• State purchasing in ME and MA
• Anti Idling
• All 6 NE states programs
• New in RI VT-ARC provides assistance
• Added MA efforts links to school funds
• School Bus Toolkit

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AccomplishmentsHEALTHY HOMES

• New England Healthy Homes Project
• Repairing homes of 85 asthmatic children
  (Boston, VT)
• Integrated Pest Management in multifamily
  housing
• Healthy and Affordable Housing Training Over
  350 trained in Boston, CT and RI. Future training
  in NH
• ARC Healthy Homes Building Guidance
• 1200 units under construction/rehab annually and
  over 64,000 existing units
• Supported by NH, Boston, BHA, CT NAHRO, BUAC
• Guidance being updated

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HEALTHY HOMES (contd)

• Technical Resources Distributed
• Flooring Options
• Healthy Homes Building Guidance
• Technical reference READ THIS
• Model IPM specifications
• Housing Codes
• Northeastern Community Law Project

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSHEALTHY SCHOOLS

• Brochure Widely disseminated Whats That Smell
  Simple Steps to Tackle School Air Problems
• Menu Healthy Flooring
• Report Model Laws and Regulations

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSSURVEILLANCE

• Reports
• School-based Surveillance-
• Options for a Regional Approach to School-Based
  Asthma Surveillance in New England
• Medicaid-
• Using Medicaid to Track Asthma in New England
• Trainings
• Using Medicaid for Asthma Surveillance
• Initiatives
• BRFSS/SLAITS

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ACCOMPLISHMENTSENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS

• Developed White Paper entitled, Improving Asthma
  Management by Addressing Environmental Triggers
  Challenges and Opportunities for Delivery and
  Finance.
• Hosted Regional Symposium entitled, Environmental
  Controls in Asthma Management Implications for
  Health Care Policy and Practice.
• Interviewing Health Plans

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COMMUNICATIONS
Newsletter INNOVATIONS Media Coverage TV,
Newspapers, Radio Website www.asthmaregionalcoun
cil.org Meetings In person and conference calls
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Publications/Resources

• Healthy Housing Guidance
• Residential Property Maintenance Guide
• Residential Flooring
• Read This
• Whats That Smell?
• Tips for Teachers
• School Flooring
• Model Policies, Regs. and Laws to Promote Indoor
  Air Quality in Schools
• BRFSSChildren and Adults
• Using Medicaid for Asthma Surveillance
• Status of School Based Surveillance in NE
• Improving Asthma Management by Addressing
  Environmental Triggers
• Innovations

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Consultantsand Staff

• Mary Adams
• Kathy Angell
• Andrea Bresnick
• Evan Freund
• Polly Hoppin and Sara Donahue
• Erika Lichter
• Stacey Roberts (staff)
• Ellen Tohn

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SPECIAL THANKS

• Executive Committee
• Betsy Rosenfeld, Chair
• Suzanne Condon
• Claira Monier
• Megan Sandel, MD
• Eileen Storey, MD
• Regional Administrators
• Brian Cresta, Michael Milner and Betsy Rosenfeld
• Kevin Keogh and Martin Nee
• Michael Sentance and Kristen Lepore
• Robert Varney and Carole Wood

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Contact

• LAURIE STILLMAN
• The Medical Foundation
• Asthma Regional Council
• 622 Washington Street, 2nd fl
• Dorchester, MA 02124
• [phone]
• Lstillman_at_tmfnet.org
• www.asthmaregionalcouncil.org