Priority Three: Healthy and Safe Environments: Asthma
Goal: Reduce asthma ED visits with a special focus on disparate populations
Objective 1
By July 2015, obtain approval for Medicaid reimbursement for the home environmental health assessments as they pertain to asthma.
COMPLETED
Objective 2
By December 2019, increase by 25% the number of completed environmental health assessments for trigger reduction in St. Louis County residents.
Objective 3
By December 2019, reduce by 25% the number of ED visits for asthma in North County (from 2,080 per 100,000 people to 1,560 per 100,000).
Objective 4
By December 2019, reduce by 25% the rate of ED visits for asthma in Mid-County (from 1,092 per 100,000 people to 819 per 100,000).
Objective 5
By December 2015, establish an asthma clinic based on Expert Panel Report-3 guidelines in one of the North or Mid County Saint Louis County Department of Health’s health centers.
COMPLETED
Objective 6
By May 2014, identify and coordinate the dissemination of acute asthma prevention messages to the general public.
Objective 7
By December 2019, after establishing a current baseline, increase the proportion of persons with current asthma who receive appropriate asthma care according to National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines.
Objective 8
By December 2019, after establishing a current baseline, increase the number of school nurses who conduct asthma control assessments per a standardized evidence-based approach as recommended by the Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program.