Lung Health News, Fall 2005 / Winter 2006
As the asthma epidemic shows no signs of weakening in California, a $3-million, one-time allocation in the state budget will reinstate the only children’s asthma intervention programs that exist within the Department of Health Services, including the Childhood Asthma Initiative and the Asthma Among the School Aged Project.The American Lung Association of California fought for the funding because these programs are needed to decrease asthma deaths and improve the quality of life for people with asthma, especially children. In addition, the new funding will support community based public health interventions and educational outreach, as well as school-based strategies to assist children with asthma. It will also be used to set up a system of collecting and analyzing data to better understand the causes and effects of the asthma epidemic in California.
