• View the Summer 2008 Asthma Coalition Update (PDF, 1.45 MB)
• View the fall 2007 Asthma Coalition Update (PDF, 2.1 MB)

The Coalition Update will be released quarterly. Please send us asthma-related stories, events, and activities in your community so we can highlight them. We want to share your news and allow others to learn from things you are doing. In addition, we would like to know your ideas for items you like to see in the newsletter.

• Send your news, updates, and ideas for the Coalition Update to Caroline Chappell.

The final version of the North Carolina State Asthma Plan is available.

A large number of organizations and individuals in North Carolina are committed to asthma care. The North Carolina State Asthma Plan helps to bridge the gap, minimize duplication of effort, and and maximize use of resources among those working to reduce the burden of asthma. The Plan is based largely on key surveillance findings, as reflected in the Burden of Asthma in North Carolina report. It includes the following categories: Medical Management, Surveillance, Policy, Environmental, Education and Public Awareness, and Health Disparities.

Since the creation of the EPA Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools (IAQ Tools for Schools) program in 1995, more than 26,000 schools across the nation have adopted IAQ management programs consistent with EPA’s guidance. The IAQ Tools for Schools program teaches schools how to identify, resolve, and prevent IAQ problems through low- and no-cost measures. The program explains IAQ management, facility planning and maintenance, financing, communications, and emergency response.

For more information, contact Diane Price, Asthma Program Coordinator, at (919) 707-5212.