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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:
- 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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