Healthy Day Cares

An Asthma Health Promotion Project in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Authors

  • Anne Dressel
  • Betty Koepsel
  • Necole Huffman
  • Gwynetta Adesuyi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.25.3.0188

Keywords:

asthma, indoor air quality, day care centers, African Americans, children's health

Abstract

Healthy Homes and Healthy Schools concepts were implemented as part of a pilot project in day care settings located in Westlawn, a low-income African-American community in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The pilot project, Healthy Day Cares, included a “walk-through” assessment to identify asthma triggers in local day carecenters, and the provision of education to day care providers about asthma health, asthma care plans, and how to reduce asthma triggersamong childrenand improve indoor air quality. The pilot project was developed in collaboration with the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing, and the Westlawn Partnership fora Healthier Environment.

Published

2022-11-01