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FROM: William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director "' y Costa
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator
DATE: December 21, 2007
County
SUBJECT: Grant Award#28-780 from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Diablo Area
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner, M.D.), to accept on behalf of the
County Grant Award 428-780 from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Diablo Area, in the amount of$20,000, for
the Asthma Club/Asthma Wise Project,for the period from January 1,2008 through January 1,2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this Grant Award will result in an amount of$20,000 from Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit, Diablo
Area, for the Asthma Club/Asthma Wise Project. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease of enormous public health significance and is associated with significant disability
and costs, both monetarily and its impact on the quality of life. Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood
and one of the leading causes of childhood hospitalizations and school absences. A recent summary of hospital discharge
data compiled by the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP) Program provides specific information
about areas of Contra Costa County where asthma is disproportionately affecting children. It is the schools serving these
communities and the families living in these areas that are the focus of this project. In collaboration with the Regional
Asthma Management and Prevention (RAMP) Initiative, Richmond Health Center, John Muir/MT. Diablo Health
System, Contra Costa Health Plan and Public Health Clinic Services, this project will be integrated into the pediatric
asthma program currently underway in Public Health Clinics Services. The goal of the project is to perform educational
home visits to address the home environment and to enhance asthma self-management skills by conducting in-school
asthma management education for children with asthma. This Project will also reduce school absences, emergency room
visits and hospitalizations for these children and assist in relieving some of the burdens that families experience in dealing
with this chronic disease in the Diablo area.
Three sealed and certified copies of the Board should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: XE SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOAR0 �� APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_ 0 ER
VOTE OF SUPERVI RS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact Person: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) ATTESTED �"0!J
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