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SPECIAL
NEWS
The Wisconsin Asthma
Coalition has unveiled the Wisconsin Asthma Plan 2009-2014.
It serves as a blueprint for addressing asthma in
Wisconsin for the next five years with the intent of focusing
all activities on disparately impacted populations.
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Wisconsin Asthma
Coalition Fall Meeting
The Many Faces of
Asthma
Oct.
1-2
Clearwaters Hotel &
Convention
Center
Marshfield, Wis.
Learn
more.
Child
Death Review Summit: Best Practices
in Prevention and Legislation
Oct.
9
Liberty
Hall
Kimberly,
Wis.
Learn
more. | |
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 WISCONSIN ASTHMA
PLAN, 2009-2014 UNVEILED
The
Wisconsin Asthma Coalition (WAC) has unveiled the Wisconsin
Asthma Plan 2009-2014 to serve as a blueprint for
addressing asthma in Wisconsin for the next five years. The
plan is based on the National Asthma Education and Prevention
Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis
and Management of Asthma (NIH asthma guidelines). The plan
represents the best efforts of WAC's leadership and members to
develop a strategic plan to reduce the burden of asthma as a
public health problem in Wisconsin. WAC has made great strides in improving asthma
management since the release of the Wisconsin Asthma
Plan 2003, but the burden of disease and its
disproportionate impact remains a priority. The intent of the
Wisconsin Asthma Plan 2009-2014 is to focus all
activities on disparately impacted populations in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Asthma
Plan 2009-2014 is divided into four priorities to reduce
duplication and increase workgroup collaboration:
- Surveillance: Improve and expand asthma
surveillance in Wisconsin.
- Standardized quality care: Increase
implementation of the current NIH asthma guidelines for
optimal diagnosis and management of asthma by all health
care providers.
- Education: Increase asthma education
consistent with the current NIH asthma guidelines.
- Environment: Reduce or control
environmental factors associated with asthma.
WAC's dedicated statewide
partners will work strategically to meet the challenges for
the next five years and beyond. WAC encourages all partners to
seek ways to achieve the important goals and objectives in
this plan. For more information, contact Kristen Grimes, asthma project
manager, at (414) 292-4001.
Wisconsin Asthma Plan,
2009-2014
Executive Summary, Wisconsin Asthma Plan,
2009-2014 | |
 FIRST
ANNUAL CHILD DEATH REVIEW SUMMIT
Children's Health Alliance of
Wisconsin will host the first annual Child Death Review
Summit: Best Practices in Prevention and Legislation on
Friday, Oct. 9 in Kimberly, Wis. The summit is by invitation
only and will bring together local Child Death Review (CDR)
teams for two purposes:
- Share information and
perspectives about current CDR activities, identifying risk
factors and circumstances related to child deaths and
writing effective prevention recommendations.
- Discuss upcoming state CDR
legislation, including key elements, funding and expected
time frame.
All members of local CDR teams
will be invited to attend the summit. The summit is free due
to funding provided by the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health from Wisconsin Partnership
Program, Keeping Kids Alive in Wisconsin grant. Attendees
will need to cover their own travel and overnight
accommodations, if needed.
For more information, contact Abby
Collier, child death review project manager, at
(414) 292-4016.
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ALLIANCE RECEIVES ORAL HEALTH GRANT FOR
CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Children's Health Alliance
of Wisconsin is proud to announce that Eileen Studders,
DMD, will participate in the children and youth with
special health care needs (CYSHCN) oral health grant.
Studders is a specialist in pediatric dentistry at
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.
Training of dental providers is a
key component of the four-year Health Resources and
Services Administration grant targeting oral health
access for CYSHCN. Studders will conduct educational
seminars and clinical trainings for dentists,
dental hygienists and dental assistants. Educational
programs addressing the oral health of CYSHCN are
available for large or small groups throughout
Wisconsin. If your dental organization or clinic would
like to arrange a training event, contact
Diane
Flanagan, CYSHCN oral health project
manager, at (414)
292-4015. | | |
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MEET THE
BOARD
Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin is proud to
introduce our newest advisory board member, Vicki Martin,
PhD.
Martin is interim president of Milwaukee Area
Technical College. She has extensive experience in
research, strategic planning and quality improvement. She has
a record of outstanding performance in administration and
teaching.
The Alliance looks forward to her leadership and guidance
as we continue to be a voice for children's health. View full list of advisory board
members. | |
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 NATIONAL
CHILDREN'S STUDY COMES TO WAUKESHA
COUNTY
This spring, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and The
Medical College of Wisconsin joined forces to work on the
National Children's Study, the largest and most comprehensive
study of child health and development in the United
States.
The National Children's Study is designed to answer the
question: How do children's environments - the air they
breathe, the water they drink and the community they live in -
affect their health and well-being?
In May, National Children's Study representatives visited
Waukesha County neighborhoods to encourage women who are
pregnant or may become pregnant in the next five years to
participate. Families living in eligible neighborhoods also
received a letter describing the study and enrollment
details.
The National Children's Study will follow 100,000 children
across the U.S. from before birth to adulthood. This
information may allow researchers to determine the root causes
of many childhood and adult diseases, including asthma and
allergies, autism, obesity and diabetes. Waukesha County was
selected as one of 105 communities across the country where
the study will take place.
The National Children's Study seeks volunteer participants
from preselected neighborhoods in 10 municipalities, including
Big Bend, Brookfield, Dousman, Hartland, Menomonee Falls, New
Berlin, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, Sussex and Waukesha.
Learn more. For additional
information, contact Katie Miller or Maggie Tate at (262)
798-0002. | |
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