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FAM Allies Committees:
Care Coordination and Case Management
Clinical Quality Improvement
Environmental
Family and Community Education
Parent Neighborhood Organizing
Steering
Surveillance and Evaluation
Care Cordination and Case Management Committee
Chair and Coordinator:
Laurie Smrz, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Goals:
- Provide and integrate care coordination and case management for high-risk children with asthma throughout different care systems.
- Expand, implement, and standardize asthma education across the community using coordinated and collaborative tools.
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Clinical Quality Improvement Committee
Chair and Coordinator:
Sara Lowe, Medical College of Wisconsin
Goal:
- Improve the quality of evidence-based, culturally competent asthma services by clinicians.
This committee coordinates education for health professionals including doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, medical assistants, outreach workers, and health professional students. Click here to see the list!
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Environmental Committee
Chair:
Open
Coordinator:
Erin Lee , Children's Hospital and Health System
Goals:
- Reduce indoor and outdoor environmental hazards for children with asthma.
- Reduce exposure to indoor and outdoor environmental hazards for children with asthma.
- Compile and report on identified environmental issues to support interventions.
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Family and Community Education Committee
Chair and Coordinator:
Erin Lee, Children's Hospital and Health System
Goal:
- Improve knowledge and support self management skills by caregivers of children with asthma and by adolescents with asthma.
- Raise awareness of asthma education happening in Milwaukee County.
This committee coordinates classes for parents, childcare providers, school staff, health professional students, and the general public. To see the list of educational opportunities, click here!
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Parent Neighborhood Organizing Committee
Coordinator:
Open.
Goals:
- Increase collective power of affected parents and grassroots communities.
- Develop leadership skills.
- Make community health improvements and work for social change.
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Steering Committee
Chair:
Michael Zacharisen, Medical College of Wisconsin
Coordinator:
Erin Lee, Children's Hospital and Health System
Goals:
- Provide leadership, integration, coordination, and efficient processes for goal achievement.
- Assure financial and member resources for coalition sustainability.
- Review and approve a justifiable, affordable budget.
- Ensure innovation in FAM Allies initiatives.
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Surveillance and Evaluation Committee
Chair and Coordinator:
Open
Goals:
- Review existing resources about childhood asthma needs.
- Access, analyze, and report key measures using secondary data.
- Design rigorous and practical program evaluations.
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