A Framework for Improving Household Indoor Air Quality and Reducing Childhood Asthma Inequities /

A Framework for Improving Household Indoor Air Quality and Reducing Childhood Asthma Inequities September, 2016 The Wellesley Institute works to improve health equity in the Greater Toronto Area through action on the social determinants of health. [...] The use of various holistic approaches has been recognized in Canada and internationally as important for achieving health equity (Canadian Council on the Social Determinants of Health, 2015). [...] An improvement in the overall quality of life among low-income children can close the gap in asthma morbidity. [...] For instance, with the goal of increasing community capacity to address asthma, one program facilitated partnerships between local and state health departments, the American Lung Association of Washington, health care agencies, the tribal health authority, the school district, and the local university (Primomo et al., 2006). [...] Educational sessions are provided to caregivers of asthmatic children on general asthma symptoms, proper medication administration, a review of asthma triggers, and use of an asthma action plan.