Asthma & Disability Project

ABSTRACT: The Kentucky Department for Public Health received a five-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention titled, “A Comprehensive Public Health Approach to Asthma Control Through Evidence-Based Interventions.” The grant work focuses on implementing evidence-based strategies to improve asthma control services and reduce asthma morbidity, mortality and disparities. The Kentucky Asthma Management Program, through the Kentucky Department of Public Health, Division of Prevention and Quality Improvement, shall contract with the University of Kentucky Human Development Institute to review and revise current asthma education tools and services in ways that are mindfully and expertly adapted to the physical disability community. This contract will ensure that asthma health care providers and personnel are adequately trained in evidence based strategies for asthma education for people with physical disabilities. HDI will also work to review and adapt resources on Asthma health for universal design principles to be inclusive of special populations with particular focus on people with disabilities, youth, and use in school settings. HDI will develop and implement trainings on how to implement the universally designed resources. HDI will also work to review and adapt resources on Asthma health for universal design principles to be inclusive of special populations with particular focus on adults and youth with disabilities and their caregivers. HDI will develop and implement trainings on how to implement the universally designed resources.