Many tribal
communities have high rates of asthma.
Asthma is a unique medical condition that can benefit from both medical
treatment and environmental mitigation. The
“From Home to School: Tribal Indoor Air Quality Study” study was designed to determine impact of environmental
mitigation /education efforts on asthma symptoms among a sample of 129
tribal children with asthma. The education focused on targeted cleaning and
other asthma trigger removal activities, as well as ventilation that reduce
concentrations of asthma triggers. The attention to both home and school
environments embodies a more complete profile of total exposure of the children,
assessed based on home and school investigations, measurements and sampling.
To access the PowerPoints and other information about asthma go to
http://bit.ly/asthmahometoschool
For more information contact mansel.nelson@nau.edu
