Asthma Task Force

The Asthma Task Force mission is to prevent asthma, reduce asthma disparities and improve the quality of life for people with asthma who live or work in the City and County of San Francisco, by the use of advocacy, legislative action and citywide strategies

Check out our new SF Asthma Task Force YouTube channel !

Current Grants:

• SCHOOLS FOCUS
  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.

• CHILD CARE FOCUS
  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 
  Bleach-free Childcare Recommendations -- Final report & resources now available!
  April 2012 Interim Update to Report Recommendations

New Resources:

• CLINICIANS:  New videos to teach patients how to perform spirometry test in the office (multiple languages)

• PATIENTS: New videos to learn about the services of the SFGH Pediatric Asthma Clinic (multiple languages)

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

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

Next Asthma Network Meeting:  to be announced

Meet others working in clinical settings who want to improve patient control of asthma

Next Asthma Task Force Meeting:

• Monday, July 23rd, from 3-5 p.m.
• Suite 410, 1390 Market St. (DPH Children's Environmental Health Promotion Program)
• Contact karen.cohn@sfdph.org for more information or to be added to the email announcement list