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:

  • Expand, implement and standardize asthma education for homes, schools, clinics churches, and health plans using coordinated and collaborative tools.
  • Provide and integrate care coordination and case management for high-risk children with asthma throughout different care systems.

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Clinical Quality Improvement Committee

Chair:

Mark Hermanoff, Aurora Health Care

Coordinator:

Laurie Smrz, Children's Hospital and Health System

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:

Richard Gaeta, City of Milwaukee Health Department

Coordinator:

Mike Conway, 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

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.

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:

Vicky Edwards, Family House Incorporated

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:

Dorian James

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:

Jennifer Cohn, Medical College of Wisconsin

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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