Mission:
To create an "asthma friendly" community by
promoting awareness, education, management, and prevention.
Objectives:
The Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition is a coalition
of approximately 30 agencies and organizations. Members
volunteer their time to meet and strategize approaches
to making Stanislaus County an "asthma friendly"
community through:
1. Public Education
2. Treatment & Management
3. Data & Epidemiology
4. Strategic Planning & Policy Advocacy
Meetings are held on a Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. Sub-Committees
meet on a monthly-basis.
Partners:
Agriculture Commission
Airport Neighbors United
American Lung Association - Valley Lode Branch
American Lung Association of Central California
Apria Health Care
Astra-Zeneca
Blue Cross of California
Central California Child Development Services
Ceres Partnership for Healthy Children
Child Health & Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program
Children & Families Commission
Doctors Medical Center Foundation
Emanuel Medical Center
Environmental Resources
GlaxoSmithKline
Golden Valley Health Centers
Grayson Charter School
Health Net of California
Health Services Agency (HSA)
Kaiser Permanente
Maric College
Maternal Child & Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program
Medic Alert
Memorial Medical Center
Merced-Mariposa County Asthma Coalition
Migrant Education
Modesto City Schools
Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District Healthy
Start
Oakdale Unified School District
Office of Education
Patterson Unified School District
Public Health Services
Riverbank Unified School District
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium
Sepracor
Sutter Gould Medical Group
Sutter Health Medical Group
Sylvan Unified School District
Turlock School District
Valley Oaks Pediatrics
West Modesto-King Kennedy Neighborhood Collaborative
Westside Alliance
Chair:
Wallace Carroll, M.D.
Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition
Sub-Committee Chairs:
Arlaine Gutierrez, M.D.
Public Education
Katherine Rix, Pharm D.
Treatment & Management
Melanie Briones, Epidemiologist
Data & Epidemiology
John Walker, M.D.
Strategic Planning & Policy Advocacy
Contact:
Dolores Cisneros, Health Educator
Stanislaus County Asthma Coalition
830 Scenic Drive, 3rd Floor, 353
Modesto, CA 95350
Phone: 209-558-4846
Fax: 209-558-8859
E-mail: dcisneros@schsa.org
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