Meeting Information

SF Asthma Network (SFAN)

Maria Palazuelos (Medical Dir. Of Silver Ave. Health Cetner) has a nurse who took and passed the exam.  Idea to mentor this individual and support to start working toward SFGH-type model program.

Discussed that KP grant could support 4 sites toward becoming model asthma clinics.

6 sites that could potentially participate including

Silver Ave Health Center & Tom Waddell.

Member suggested a toolkit might be developed to offer to medical directors to create buy in.

Strategy:

Let’s have a sub-committee to increase community involvement with SFAN

1. Look at website and who Medical Directors are

2. ID who is already in Network – approach them to get idea of who to meet with. We want to get more involvement in your clinic, who can we contact?

3. Get a toolkit together containing all materials from previous meetings – handouts, slides,

-         SFAN fact sheet

-         We’d like to get you involved in the network

-         People can rotate through SFGH

-         Questions: what do

4. Set up meetings with Directors, key people

Speakers:

Susan Jansen – NIH Guidelines

Chris Garvey

Andy PFTs

Zolair

Gloria will help to ID

Things to develop: (Anjali)

Questionnaire for SFAN participants (get input from Nan) – what has been most valuable, what have you taken back?

Questionnaire for Medical Directors (get input from Nan)

List of Sites we have representation from

List of sites not represented

Anjali will confirm speakers with Peg and confirm their avaiablity

SF Asthma Educator Newsletter

Helen Lu and Southeast Health Center could be highlighted for next Newsletter

Western Addition Health Clinic

Guest Speaker: Meredith Milet, California Breathing

Discussion on Data

Epidemiologist working on surveillance with California Breathing state within EHIB which is now part of State DPH (CDC funded – coming to end of 5 year funding and applying for 2 more years of funding).  California Asthma Partners (asthmapartners.org) – convenes NGOs throughout the state.  Went out to train school nurses on Starlight Starbright toolkit.

Starting a Housing program and granting program.  Janet Tobacman has been attending SFATF Environmental Committee meetings.

Asthma Surveillance at state level has grown with CDC funding.

Most local data can get is Hospitalization and ER rates by Zip Code.

CHIS – CA Health Interview Survey

Can get questions put on if there is money to do so.  Might want to see if we can encourage CA Endowment to over-evaluate a specific geographic area.

BRFSS – can do the same but Health Depts.; samples are done by people’s homes so shelters and homeless are not counted.

Surveys were done in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean.  SF was concerned that phone surveys missed some other language groups.

Can give us rates of hospitalization and ED visits by zip code.  Might want to do over a course of a range of years.

OSHPD data is collected yearly. 

Could use more questions on how asthma affects day to day life.

Meredith will send copies of state surveillance summary to Anjali.  Zip code data as well.

We can contact Meredith with questions related to data or data needs.

Have Meyla request CHKS data by county for SF.  Must be specifically requested by County.

Anjali will have a conversation with Meredith re: city/county/zip stats.

Next Meeting:

Monday, August 27, 2007, 12-2pm, CityHallRm278