Asthma Task Force

 Next ATF meeting, Monday, July 23rd, from 3-5 p.m. 
Suite 410, 1390 Market St. (DPH Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program) 

Call 415-252-3812 for more information or to be added to the e-mail list

Bleach-free Childcare Recommendations -- Final report & resources now available!

Grants:

• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco has awarded the Asthma Resource Center of San Francisco, Inc. and the Asthma Task Force a $15,000 one-year grant for its “Controlling Asthma Risks to Promote Reduced Teen Obesity” project , extending our current quality improvement work with safety net clinics, with an emphasis on improving patient-provider communication for asthma control. This is Kaiser Permanente's fifth Community Benefits award to the Task Force.

• A private donor gave a $10,000 grant  for the Asthma Task Force project to promote bleach-free disinfecting and sanitizing in child care settings.  New funding is needed to maintain project staffing and activities benefitting local child care providers; see 
  ATF Final Project Report as pdf (3-21-11), English

Resources:

• Teens: Check out a new section of the website for you--click here
  

•  Clinicians: Download 2-page summary of new EPR-3 Asthma Guidelines

   

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  Patients: New video to learn about the services of the SF General Hospital Pediatric Asthma Clinic (choose English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin or Vietnamese)

   

• Parents: Important forms SFUSD parents need if your school-aged child has asthma
• Everyone: Additional Resources for asthma education and data