Intervention Activities
| Grantee: | Harris County Hospital District |
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| Contact: | Susan Reynolds, RN |
| Telephone: | (713) 566-6585 |
| E-mail: | susan_reynolds@hchd.tmc.edu |
| Address: | Harris County Hospital District 2525 Holly Hall Houston, TX 77054 |
| Website: | http://www.tmc.edu/hchd/ |
| Funded Since: | 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
| Grantee: | Texas Department of Health |
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| Contact: | Dennis Perrotta, PhD, CIC State Epidemiologist |
| Telephone: | (512) 458-7219 |
| E-mail: | dennis.perrotta@tdh.state.tx.us |
| Address: | Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th St. Austin, TX 78756-7446 |
| Website: | http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/default.htm |
| Funded Since: | September 2001 |
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
2005 Congressional Earmark
| Recipient: | The University of Health Science Center at San Antonio |
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| Address: | The University of Health Science Center at San
Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, TX 78229-3900 |
Program Title:
Asthma in a Decentralized Population: Is Traditional Disease Management Enough?
Program Description:
The purpose of this asthma demonstration project is to evaluate systems of asthma management through a disease management program approach that will assist both the patient and the primary care physician by providing education, additional outpatient resources and additional access to health care personnel. This approach will stress empowering the patient to participate in his or her own health care in managing and controlling their asthma. The overarching objective of the project will be to scientifically test the clinical effectiveness and cost savings of a regional disease management program for asthma in South Texas.
