CHOC and AAFA Partner to Fight Asthma!News Editors/Health/Medical Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2003 The Orange County School Asthma Program (OCSAP), the first of its kind to bring free medical treatment to children in the county's under-served schools and clinics, recently announced the expansion of its program from part-time to full-time operation and its purchase of a Breathmobile(R), or fully-equipped, mobile asthma-treatment unit. The Breathmobile(R), trademarked by Southern California's chapter of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA AAFA Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America AAFA American Apparel & Footwear Association (Arlington, VA) AAFA American Association of Finance and Accounting AAFA Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America AAFA Army Aviation Flight Activity ), is due to arrive in Orange County in June and will provide service to 22 sites in conjunction with the Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. of Orange County (CHOC). Dr. Galant This article is about the musical style. For the Mitsubishi automobile, see Mitsubishi Galant. In music, Galant was a term referring to a style, principally occurring in the third quarter of the 18th century, which featured a return to classical simplicity , Director of Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. Allergy and Immunology at University of California's Irvine Hospital, and CHOC initiated OCSAP last April in response to the two-fold rise in the prevalence of asthma over the last two decades and the disproportionate number of minority sufferers. The program has received the support of the Healthcare Foundation of Orange County, Kaiser, Latino Health Access, the pharmaceutical industry, private donors and AAFA, which obtained a grant for the purchase of the Breathmobile(R). "Asthma is an under-diagnosed and potentially deadly disease, which affects at least 10% of schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school in the area and across the nation," said Dr. Galant. "The reality is that many under-served children are at risk because their families often can't afford check-ups or medication. Under the circumstances, we have decided to bring doctors and treatment into the community at no charge." In addition to providing asthma treatment, OCSAP will continue enrolling children in affordable healthcare plans, promoting school-based asthma programs, making schools asthma-friendly, and conducting educational programs for physicians, asthmatic children and their parents. These efforts will improve the quality of life for children with asthma and their families by decreasing school absences and missed work days and increasing exercise tolerance. They will also diminish the number of patients requiring emergency care at hospitals. "We are delighted about the Breathmobile(R) going to Orange County," said Francene Lifson, Executive Director of AAFA, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Chapter, whose Breathmobiles(R) serve under-privileged schools in the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Montebello Unified School Districts Montebello Unified School District is a school district based in Montebello, California, United States. Montebello USD serves the city of Montebello, portions of the cities of Bell Gardens, Commerce, Rosemead, Pico Rivera, and Monterey Park, and a part of the unincorporated as well as areas of Phoenix, Chicago and Baltimore. "The response to the Breathmobiles(R) has been overwhelming, and our goal is to eventually bring them to under-served areas across the country." |
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