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Hawaii State Asthma Control Program

The Hawaii State Asthma Control Program was established in September 2002 through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a Comprehensive State Asthma Plan that include disease tracking, science-based interventions, and state-wide collaboration and partnerships to reduce the burden of asthma in the home, school, and workplace. The central role of the program is to provide the impetus to develop program capacity to address asthma from a public health perspective in order to bring about:

  • a focus on asthma-related activity within the state;
  • an increased understanding of asthma-related data and its application to program planning through development of an ongoing surveillance system;
  • an increased recognition within the public health structure of a state of the potential to use a public health approach to reduce the burden of asthma;
  • linkages of the state to many agencies and organizations addressing asthma in the population;
  • participation in intervention program activities.

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The Hawai’i Asthma Plan serves as a roadmap to improve the quality of care for people with asthma, while focusing on health disparities. This plan is based on the current needs of Hawai’i’s communities and is supported by an explicit set of guiding principles. It identifies a congruent set of goals, objectives, and strategies set forth by the Hawai’i Asthma Initiative.

The Hawai’i Asthma Plan is a call to action to improve Hawai’i’s asthma surveillance, empower individuals with asthma, develop a more effective health system, and to improve our environment. While the challenge of asthma is evident, it is through the coordination and mobilization of dedicated partners that we will achieve success in the fight against asthma.

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The Hawai’i State Asthma Control Program is pleased to announce the release of the State of Asthma ~ Hawai’i 2004. We hope this document will provide you or your organization with an increased understanding of asthma-related data and its application to program planning.

This report is a compilation of data on asthma in Hawai’i. The document presents the most recent information available on the current and lifetime prevalence of asthma, hospitalizations, health status, health/lifestyle behavior, and mortality.

For more information on the State of Asthma ~ Hawai’i 2004, please contact the Hawai’i State Asthma Control Program at 808-692-7472 or by e-mail at asthma@doh.hawaii.gov.

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