| Title of Project |
ZAP Asthma |
| Category |
Partnerships |
| Objectives and Description |
The many public, private, and
community partners in this project will work toward reducing the exposure of Atlanta inner
city children (5-12 years old) with asthma to known environmental risk factors; thereby
decreasing the severity and duration of their asthma symptoms and admission to the
Emergency Room. |
| Outcomes: |
|
| Contractor/Project Manager |
ZAP Asthma, Inc.
Lawrence Sanders, MD (404) 658-6385 |
| Subcontractor/Principal
Investigator |
|
| CDC Project Officer |
Seymour Williams, MD (770 )
488-7319 |
| CDC Technical Monitor(s) |
|
| Other CIOs/Agencies Involved |
Atlanta Empowerment Zone
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ga.
Cigna Health Care of Ga.
United Health Care
Aetna Health Plans of Ga
SW Hospital
Rollins School of PH
ALA of Ga
Amer. Asso. Of Health Plans
Com. Empowerment Advisory Board
BC/BS of Ga
Prudential Health Care of Ga
Grady Health Systems
Clark Atlanta Univ.
Fulton County HD |
| Annual Extramural Funding |
FY 1997 $25,000 |
| Funding Mechanism |
Contract |
| Project Status |
Ongoing |
| Special Populations |
Inner city children 5-12 years old |
| Published Abstracts/Articles |
|
| Title of Project |
Childbearing-Age Women,
Folic Acid and the Prevention of Spina Bifida and Anencephaly: Interventions and
Evaluation in a Managed Care Setting |
| Category |
Research |
| Objectives and Description |
This 3-year study will conduct and
evaluate interventions, in a managed care setting, designed to increase use of folic-acid
containing vitamin supplements among women of child-bearing age; with the ultimate goal of
preventing birth defects. Measured outcomes will include reported multivitamin use and
changes in serum folate values. |
| Outcomes: |
|
| Contractor/Project Manager |
American Association of Health
Plans
Barbara Lardy, MPH (202) 778-3229Kaiser Permanente of Southern CA
Diana Petitti, MD, MPH (626) 564-3460 |
| Subcontractor/Principal
Investigator |
|
| CDC Project Officer |
Deborah Rogers Mercy (770)
488-8200 |
| CDC Technical Monitor(s) |
Margaret Watkins (770) 488-7187 |
| Other CIOs/Agencies Involved |
|
| Annual Extramural Funding |
FY 1997: $381,705
FY 1998: $617,281 |
| Funding Mechanism |
Contract |
| Project Status |
Ongoing |
| Special Populations |
Women of child-bearing age |
| Published Abstracts/Articles |
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