Texas
Intervention Activities
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Harris County Hospital District
Susan Reynolds, RN
(713) 566-6585
Harris County Hospital District
2525 Holly Hall
Houston, TX 77054
September 2001
Funded Program:
Replication and Implementation of Scientifically Proven Asthma Interventions
Program Description:
CDC is funding grantees to implement the following two scientifically evaluated asthma interventions shown to decrease acute care visits, decrease hospitalizations, and increase compliance with asthma care plans: the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s "Asthma Care Training for Kids" ([ACT] grantees in Illinois [two sites], New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington) and the American Lung Association’s "Open Airways for Schools" ([OAS] grantees in California [two sites], Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York). The goals for ACT are to increase asthma control compliance behaviors and to decrease emergency department visits and number of days spent in the hospital. The goals for OAS are to increase school performance and self-management behaviors and to decrease the number of asthma episodes.
Assessing the Burden of Asthma in Texas: A Summary of the Texas Asthma Surveillance System:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chronic/pdf/tar.pdf
Partnership Activities
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Texas Department of State Health Services
Dora Hernandez
Asthma Program Coordinator
(512) 458-7111, x3672
Dora.Hernandez@dshs.state.tx.us
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th St.
Austin, TX 78756-7446
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/asthma/
September 1999
Funded Program:
Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective
Program Description:
CDC is funding California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the health department in Puerto Rico to implement some or all of their statewide comprehensive asthma control plans based on resource availability.
State Asthma Control Plan:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/chronic/pdf/TAR.pdf
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