Medical Home Chapter Champions Program on Asthma (MHCCPA) |
The second phase of the AAP’s Comprehensive Asthma Program (CAP) is underway!
Through the support of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), the MHCCPA will facilitate the dissemination of best practices and advocacy related to the implementation of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) asthma guidelines within medical homes at the AAP chapter and/or state level(s).
MHCCPA Goals
- Increase access to a medical home for all children and youth, especially those with health disparities;
- Facilitate pediatric practices’ adoption and implementation of the NHLBI guidelines within the context of a medical home; and
- Increase advocacy efforts for implementation of asthma care within medical homes.
Additional MHCCPA Information
- MHCCPA Overview
- MHCCPA Project Advisory Committee Roster
- Chapter Champions Job Description
- Chapter Champions Roster (By State)
(To get be connected with your chapter/state's champion, please contact us using the information listed below.)
If you are interested in becoming a Medical Home Chapter Champion, would like more information about the project, or would like to be connected with your chapter/state's champion, contact Suzi Montasir, MPH, Program Manager at 847/434-4311 fill out the Contact Us form.
To read copies of current and past issues of the MHCCPA newsletter, Champions E-Correspondence, please click on the links below.
2010 Issues |
2011 Issues |
2012 Issues |
As part of the educational comonent of the MHCCPA, 9 Visiting Professorship (VP) Programs were awarded during the summer of 2011. The MHCCPA VP Program provided an opportunity for chapter champions to work with their repsective chapters to request a visiting professor to educate chapter members and others on aspects of medical home implementation and optimal asthma care — via a medical home — as outlined in the NHLBI asthma guidelines. The MHCCPA VP program will be providing support for faculty travel expenses and honoraria throughout the end of 2011 to those chapters who were awarded.
Congratulations to the following AAP Chapters for receiving a VP award: Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, New York 1, New York 2, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information on each VP program, download the VP profile below or contact Suzi Montasir, MPH, Program Manager at 847/434-4311 or fill out the Contact Us form.
- Alabama VP Program Profile
- Kansas VP Program Profile
- Kentucky VP Program Profile
- New York 1 VP Program Profile
- New York 2 VP Program Profile
- Ohio VP Program Profile
- Texas VP Program Profile
- Wisconsin VP Program Profile
Adolescent Asthma: A Developmental Approach
Matthew Sadof, MD, FAAP and Robert Kaslovsky
High Quality Care for Children with Asthma: The Medical Home Foundation
Jennifer Lail, MD, FAAP and John Meurer, MD, MBA, FAAP
Key Points for Asthma Guideline Implementation
MCH Library Knowledge Path—Asthma in Children and Adolescents
Maternal and Child Health Library, Georgetown University
This knowledge path relates to asthma in children and adolescents, its prevalence, and its impact on homes, schools, and communities. This resource features tools for improving asthma management and care and staying up to date on new developments in pediatric asthma research. It can be used by health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, researchers, and community advocates.
National Health Statistics Report—Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality: United States, 2005 - 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
This report presents recent data on asthma prevalence and health care use. Additional data on school and work absences and asthma management practices are also presented. Where possible, differences are examined by age, sex, race or ethnicity, geographic region, poverty status, and urbanicity.
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