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Scope of the Problem
Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease among children and is the leading cause of school absenteeism. In the Bay Area Region in 2005, 19.8% of school-aged children (ages 5-17) had been diagnosed with asthma at some point in their lives. In San Francisco in 2006, 530 children (ages 0-17) visited emergency rooms and 148 children (ages 0-17) were hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of asthma.
Additionally 1,909 adults (ages 18+) visited Emergency Rooms and 514 adults (ages 18+) were hospitalized due to asthma in 2006. There were 31 deaths in the City due to asthma from 2003-2005, all of them adults.
Advocating for Solutions
The San Francisco Asthma Task Force believes that people deserve to live, work and play in healthy environments that do not cause or worsen asthma. Please link to the documents and videos below to see Asthma Task Force actions advocating for City agencies, health care providers and affected communities to reduce the impact of asthma.
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World Asthma Day May 2009 Awards (Word)
Activists Recognized for Countering Asthma Risks Posed by Traffic Emissions, Housing Conditions, and Home Cleaning Products
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World Asthma Day May 2008 Policy Recommendations:
"Report to the Community on Asthma (pdf)" , and "Clinical Supplement (Word)"
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World Asthma Day May 2007 Advocacy Projects (video) :
Agents of Change One-minute Video Vignettes
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Kaiser Permanente San Francisco has awarded the San Francisco Asthma Task Force a $25,000 grant for its "Making Patients Part of the Team" project , extending our current quality improvement support to several community clinics. This is Kaiser Permanente's third Community Benefits award to the Task Force for this work.
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San Francisco Foundation has awarded Breathe California Golden Gate Partnership and the Asthma Task Force a $20,000 grant for its "Reducing the Overuse of Bleach in Childcare Settings" project researching alternative methods and products that can help childcare operators reduce overuse of bleach while maintaining effective and required disinfection practices.
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New video for patients to learn about the services of the SF General Hospital Pediatric Asthma Clinic
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