dcap newsletter spring 2011
TRANSCRIPT
8/6/2019 DCAP Newsletter Spring 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dcap-newsletter-spring-2011 1/4
Volume 1, Issue 1
DC Asthma Partnership
E-Newsletter
DC Asthma Partnership
DC Asthma Partnership
Recognizes
Asthma Awareness Month!
Asthma Awareness MonthPoster Contest AwardsCelebration on Tuesday,May 17, 2011at FriendshipSoutheast Elementary
Academy.
Asthma Awareness MonthEducation Health Fair onThursday, May 19, 2011 at
the Reeves Center.
First Annual DCAP Poster
Contest 2
Social Media Campaign 2
Website Upgrades 2
Overview of DC Asthma
Surveillance System
3
Breathe DC Smoke-Free
Housing Campaign3
Impact DC Asthma Clinic
More Accessible3
Save the Date! 4
Inside this issue:
A World Asthma Day Call
to Action Program and
Interactive Education
Session was held on May
3, 2011 at Friendship
Southeast Elementary
Academy, located at 645Milwaukee Place, S.E.
Washington, DC from
9:30 -11:45 am. The pro-
gram included a brief
presentation by key
speakers including greet-
ings on behalf of Honor-
able Mayor Vincent Gray
by Dr. LaQuandra
Nesbitt, Senior Deputy
Director, DC Department
of Health (DC DOH)
(pictured below) and in-
teractive asthma educa-
tion for students.
Approximately 200 stu-
dents in 3rd-6th grade
received asthma educa-
tion, learned the impor-tance of breathing from
Mama Ayo, and became
hip-hop dancers and rap-
pers as they hip-hopped
to Better Asthma Control.
Additionally, students
were encouraged to enter
the First Annual DC
Asthma Partnership
Poster Contest.
Breathe DC at the United
Medical Center hosted
the event along with thehelp of many DCAP part-ners including DC DOH,
Children’s National Medi-
cal Center/Improving Pe-
diatric Asthma Care in
the District of Columbia
(IMPACT DC), Positive
Energy Works, Alston
Marketing Group,B.E.A.T for Health, and
volunteers from the Rho
Mu Omega Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha So-
rority.
Friendship Public Char-
ter School, a strategic
partner in promoting
school-based asthma
management, is the larg-
est public charter school
system in the District
serving over 6,000 stu-
dents at six campuses.
DCAP Partners with Friendship Public Charter School to Recognize World Asthma Day 2011
Spring 2011
Asthma Education Fair at Reeves Center
In recognition of Asthma Awareness Month, DCAP
will host an educational
fair on May 19th from
9:30 am until 3 pm at the
Reeves Center located at
14th St. and U St., NW.
Attendees will learn more
about asthma care from
healthcare providers,
Medicaid managed care,pharmacists, holistic
practitioners and others!
The fair offers an excel-
lent opportunity for or-
ganizations to arrange an
exhibitor table and pro-
vide services to a valuable
audience of District of
Columbia workers and
communityresidents con-
cerned about
asthma care.
For more in-
formation or to become a
vendor, email DCAP at
info@dcasthmapartnershi
p.org or call 1-800-249-
0343 by March 13, 2010.
8/6/2019 DCAP Newsletter Spring 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dcap-newsletter-spring-2011 2/4
links and activities to help peo-
ple with asthma reach “their
personal best”.
A Facebook page for the DCAPto encourage the public to inter-
act with the page.
A “Personal Best Brag Book”
located at the Asthma Aware-
ness Month Education Fair
where people share their per-
sonal best stories through video
- videos to be posted on You
Tube and linked to the web
page.
A contest for the public to email
photos, videos and stories of
themselves when they are at
their personal best and the
AMG team will select the best
stories, photos, videos to share
on other sites i.e. YouTube.
The Alston Marketing Group
(AMG), with funding from the DOH
Preventive Block Grant, will launch
a social media campaign to encour-
age asthma management. People
with asthma will be encouraged to
share with the world when they areat their “personal best.” The social
media campaign will include the
following:
A web page with information
In recognition of World Asthma Day
and Asthma Awareness Month, the
DC Asthma Partnership invitesFriendship Southeast Elementary
Academy students in grades 3, 4,
and 5, to showcase their artistic
talent and their commitment to
asthma awareness by participating
in the First Annual DC Asthma
Partnership Poster Contest.
Students will develop a poster
around a theme related to asthma
self-care:
Use quick-relief meds for no
delay – use controller meds tokeep attacks away.
Stay in the green – know what
your numbers mean.
Keep asthma in line – recognize
the signs.
You’re a winner when you avoid
your triggers.
Take a stand – have a plan.
Judges will use a 100-point scale to
determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
winners for each grade level. Win-ners receive cash prizes: 1st place
($100), 2nd place ($50), 3rd ($25)
and recognition at the Asthma
Awareness Month Poster Contest
Awards Celebration on Tuesday,
May 17, 2011 at Friendship South-
east Elementary Academy. Win-
ners also will receive the honor of
having their artwork displayed at
the Reeves Center during the
Asthma Awareness Month Educa-
tion Fair on May 19, 2011 and dis-
played on the DC Asthma Partner-ship website
www.dcasthmapartnership.org .
sources, including educational mate-
rials, webinars, and other resources.
DCAP partners will be able to login
to submit articles for inclusion into
quarterly newsletters, review work-
group minutes, and check the status
of upcoming meetings. Be sure to
keep checking back over the coming
The DC Asthma Partnership is re-
vamping its website. The website
will be upgraded with new informa-
tion for healthcare providers, par-
ents, students, teachers and school
administrators to help everyone
understand the importance of
asthma management. The new site
will include updated asthma re-
weeks as more information is
added!
Questions or comments? Call the
DC Asthma Partnership using our
new toll-free number 1-800-249-
0343 or email the Partnership at
our new email address:
DCAP Launches Social Media Campaign
First Annual DCAP Poster Contest Encourages Kids to Showcase
Artistic Talent and Commitment to Asthma Awareness
Technological Upgrades for DCAP Website
PAGE 2 DC ASTHMA PARTNE RSHIP VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
8/6/2019 DCAP Newsletter Spring 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dcap-newsletter-spring-2011 3/4
The District of Columbia, Asthma
Control Program, DC Control Asthma Now (DC CAN) uses differ-
ent kinds of data to describe how
many people live with asthma in
the Nation’s Capital. These data
are used by healthcare profession-
als, lawmakers and community-
based organizations to develop spe-
cific programs and policies to help
improve the quality of life for people
who live with asthma. Each data
source represents a unique piece of
the puzzle.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil-lance System (BRFSS) is a tele-
phone survey tracking health condi-
tions and risk behaviors in the
United States. Data are collected
monthly in the District of Columbiaand all 50 states. The survey in-
cludes questions used to estimate
the prevalence of asthma for Dis-
trict adults and children. Preva-
lence is the number of people told
by a doctor that they have asthma.
Data are also available on behaviors
that may make asthma worse in-
cluding smoking.
Recently, the BRFSS began the Asthma Call-back Survey
(ACBS), an in-depth telephone sur-
vey of adults and children withasthma. The data in this survey
describe many health experiences
for persons who report they have
asthma. Data include number of
doctor’s visits, medication use,training for taking care of asthma
and triggers that make asthma
worse. (continued on page 4)
Each year the Children's emergency
department (ED) at the main hospitallocation (Michigan Avenue, NW) has
8,000-10,000 visits from patients that
live in neighborhoods around United
Medical Center, and now children
living in these communities can re-
ceive the same quality care closer to
home.
IMPACT DC has experienced high
demand for asthma care at this loca-
In December 2010, IMPACT DC
Asthma Clinic began operating atthe new emergency department op-
erated by CNMC at United Medical
Center (UMC). This state-of-the-art,
full-service emergency department
was opened in 2010. The satellite
emergency department is open 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, and is
staffed by doctors, nurses, and clini-
cal care team members from the
Children's National Medical Center.
tion. The IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic
operates at United Medical Center on
Thursday mornings in collaboration
with the primary care team at
THEARC. The IMPACT DC Asthma
Clinic has received nearly 100 refer-
rals from ED providers at UMC, and
has seen over 40 new families at this
location in 2011.
Breathe DC at United Medical Center Initiate a Smoke-Free Housing
Campaign By Daniel Weisshaar, Breathe DC at UMC
Piecing Together the Puzzle of Asthma in the District of Columbia: Overview of the Asthma Surveillance SystemBy LaVerne Jones, DC DOH, DC CAN
IMPACT DC Asthma Clinic More Accessible By Deborah Quint, IMPACT DC
adopt smoke free public housing
measures.
Health and community advocatesagree that smoking and secondhand
smoke exacerbates asthma and
other respiratory diseases. How-
ever, only about 140 public housing
developments across the country
(about 4%) have reported that they
have voluntarily banned smoking in
the units they manage. When suc-
cessful, Breathe DC’s smoke-free
public housing campaign will lead
DC to the cutting edge of anti-
smoking policy throughout public
housing developments in the city.
For more information contact
Daniel Weisshaar at 202-574-7033
or [email protected] or Charles
Debnam at 202-574-6920 or
On March 15, 2011, Breathe DC
initiated a smoke-free public hous-
ing campaign with funding provided
by the CDC’s Communities Putting
Prevention to Work (CPPW) grant
and made available through the DC
Department of Health. Breathe DC
is partnering with community and
resident leaders in 4 public housing
developments in Wards 5 through 8,
in an effort to empower residents to
PAGE 3DC ASTHMA PARTNERSHIPVOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Behavioral Risk
Surveillance
Survey
Vital Records-
Mortality
Inpatient Hospital Discharge
Emergency
Department
8/6/2019 DCAP Newsletter Spring 2011
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dcap-newsletter-spring-2011 4/4
Vital Records Mortality Data
describe the number of people who
die due to asthma. In the past, the
District has had only a small num-
ber of people who died because of
asthma, but these data tell someinformation about who those resi-
dents are.
In future issues of the DC Asthma
Partnership Newsletter, data from
each of these datasets will be pre-
sented to explain the various pieces
of the asthma puzzle. The DC CAN
staff is also available to provide spe-
cific information for researchers,
program staff and policy makers.
The Surveillance Workgroup of the
DC Asthma Partnership plays animportant role in setting priorities
Emergency Department Visit
Data informs public health and
health care providers of the people
needing immediate attention for
asthma symptoms. These data are
collected from all the District’semergency departments and include
date and time of visit and whether
the patient goes home or stays in
the hospital after the visit. These
data give clues of what children and
adults need assistance in control-
ling their asthma.
The Inpatient Hospital Dis-
charge Data describes who has to
stay in the hospital due to asthma –
related symptoms. These data in-
clude the length of hospital stays,other health conditions and some
costs of treating asthma.
for collecting and reporting data
that the public can use. In order to
make the most useful data avail-
able, the workgroup needs mem-
bers from all sides of the data puz-
zle. Representatives from agenciesthat collect current data, as well
as, data users are needed to decide
what information is needed to
guide future work to improve the
health and quality of life of people
with asthma.
For more information on data re-
sources or joining the Surveillance
Workgroup, please contact
LaVerne Jones
Piecing Together the Puzzle of Asthma (continued from page 3)
The DC Asthma Partnership (DCAP) is a public-private partnership. Its mission is to
reduce asthma morbidity and mortality and
to improve the quality of life for residents of the District of Columbia. The DCAP
includes more than 80 public and private
agency representatives.
Save the Date!
DC CAN Steering Committee Meeting to be held on
May 26, 2011 from 2-4 pm.
Location to be announced.