CAFA: Issue Brief - Developing and Maintaining Coalitions
Coalitions are social networks that set goals, many of which may be difficult or impossible to accomplish if not approached by a group working together. One example of a policy and advocacy coalition is the Community Action to Fight Asthma (CAFA) Initiative funded by The California Endowment in 2002. |
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CAFA: Issue Brief - Resident and Community Involvement in Policy Advocacy
Resident involvement is a core strategy for succeeding and maintaining accomplishments. It entails mobilizing community residents in multiple sectors, including schools,housing and outdoor air, in order to initiate policy change with a grassroots approach. |
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CAFA: Issue Brief - Coalition Sustainability
Sustainability in the context of CAFA is defined as the ability to maintain real and desired change indefinitely, whether through policy, community or individual changes. |
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CAFA's Framework for Systems Change: Working Toward Sustainability
Funded by The California Endowment, Community Action to Fight Asthma Initiative (CAFA) is a network of asthma coalitions in California working to shape local, regional and state policies to reduce the environmental triggers of asthma for school-aged children where they live, learn and play. This strategy builds on an understanding that changes across all public and private sectors are crucial if improvements in childhood asthma are to occur in a continuum from prevention through early intervention. These changes require the active engagement of key stakeholders if they are to be sustained over time. This brief examines how the CAFA coalitions have worked toward systems change in California. |
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Many Californians with Asthma Have Problems Understanding Their Doctor
According to a recent UCLA Health Policy Research Brief, in California 90,000 adults with asthma have experienced problems understanding their doctors. There are significant disparities in who experiences these communication problems; they vary according to education, income, insurance status, English proficiency, race/ethnicity and nativity. |
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Breathing Easy from Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma
Breathing Easy from Home to School: Fighting the Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma describes how environmental conditions in three arenas – outdoors, and in homes and schools – aggravate asthma and highlights the efforts of groups that are pursuing promising policies and programs to improve the lives of children with asthma. |
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Contra Costa Asthma Coalition Report Card
The Contra Costa Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in Contra Costa County, particularly West Contra Costa County. It describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma Report Card
The Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (LBACA) report card focuses on the communities closest to the source of pollution from the twin ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. It also outlines the problem of asthma, describes some of LBACA’s work to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Los Angeles Asthma Collaborative Report Card
The Los Angeles Asthma Collaborative report card focuses on the growing health disorders in Los Angeles children and the dangerous conditions created by slum housing. |
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Merced/Mariposa County Asthma Coalition Report Card
The Merced/Mariposa County Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in Merced County, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Oakland/Berkeley Community Action to Fight Asthma Report Card
The Oakland/Berkeley Community Action to Fight Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data for Alameda County, outlines the problem of asthma, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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San Diego Regional Asthma Coalition Report Card
The 2008 San Diego County Asthma Report Card is a comprehensive report on the health, social and economic effects of asthma in San Diego. In addition, the report card includes the latest data and research, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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San Francisco Asthma Task Force Report Card
The San Francisco Asthma Task Force report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in San Francisco, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Solano Asthma Coalition Report Card
The Solano Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in Solano County, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Sonoma County Asthma Coalition Report Card
The Sonoma County Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in Sonoma County, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Tulare County Asthma Coalition Report Card
The Tulare County Asthma Coalition report card, which includes the latest data and research, outlines the problem of asthma in Tulare County, describes some of the work being done to address the problem and highlights specific policy recommendations. |
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Improving Environments for Children with Asthma
Improving Environments for Children with Asthma examines the work of The Endowment-sponsored Community Action to Fight Asthma coalitions around the state. The brief reviews the environmental triggers of asthma and the disparities in the incidence of the disease. It also looks at the advocacy work taken up by local coalitions and the policy outcomes of their efforts. |
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Asthma on the Rise in California
According to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, asthma among California adults increased from 2001 to 2003 across all age groups and 3.4 million who haven’t been diagnosed with asthma suffer from asthma-like symptoms, such as wheezing. |
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Asthma Among California's Children, Adults and the Elderly: A Geographic Look by Legislative Districts
This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in asthma rates among all Californians for state legislative and Congressional districts. The first of-its-kind, sub-county data in this publication are useful for policymakers, advocates and medical providers who are working to address the growing problem of asthma throughout California and within local communities. |
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CAFA News: Fewer Than Half of California Legislative Districts Within Guidelines for Asthma Hospitalization Rates
The most recent CAFA (Community Action to Fight Asthma) newsletter reveals that in more than half of senate and assembly districts, the federally recommended objectives for reductions in asthma hospitalizations are not met. |
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Helping Our Kids Breather Easier: Policy Solutions In the Fight Against Childhood Asthmas
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease, affecting 4.8 million children nationwide and accounting for one-third of all pediatric emergency room visits. This policy brief details some of the issues surrounding childhood asthma in California. |
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Fighting Childhood Asthma: How Communities Can Win
Childhood asthma is becoming a serious health threat within the United States. This report, completed for The California Endowment by PolicyLink, examines the prevalence of childhood asthma, as well as the environmental triggers that exacerbate it and recommendations for addressing this growing problem. |
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Asthma in California in 2001: High Rates Affect Most Population Groups
This policy brief, which was created by the California Health Interview Survey, examines findings on the prevalence of asthma in California. |
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California’s Racial and Ethnic Minorities More Adversely Affected by Asthma
Two new reports, prepared by the Health Consumer Alliance (HCA), address the issue of the uninsured in California -- specifically as a response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care proposal announced in January. The Governor's Health Care Proposal: A Low-Income Perspective analyzes the governor's plan as it applies to low-income Californians. The second report, California’s Racial and Ethnic Minorities More Adversely Affected by Asthma, is intended to inform and educate policymakers about the impact of health care coverage expansions on low-income communities. |
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Pets and Smoking in the Home Associated with Asthma Symptoms and Asthma-Like Breathing Problems
A third policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that smoking and pets in the home are linked with asthma symptoms and other breathing difficulties. |
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The Governor's Health Care Proposal: A Low-Income Perspective
Two new reports, prepared by the Health Consumer Alliance (HCA), address the issue of the uninsured in California -- specifically as a response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's health care proposal announced in January. The Governor's Health Care Proposal: A Low-Income Perspective analyzes the governor's plan as it applies to low-income Californians. The second report, California’s Racial and Ethnic Minorities More Adversely Affected by Asthma, is intended to inform and educate policymakers about the impact of health care coverage expansions on low-income communities. |
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