2007 Data Conference


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Join your colleagues at this annual gathering of Chicago’s leading researchers who will share the latest Chicago- and Illinois-focused asthma data and innovative asthma interventions.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007 ~ 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
University Center, 525 S. State Street, Chicago

PROGRAM GOALS

  • Identify relevant asthma disparities/surveillance data in Chicago that healthcare practitioners can use toward improving quality of life for patients

  • Evaluate reasons provided by Chicago area patient populations for their level of adherence to prescribed asthma controller therapy

  • Assess patient educational strategies within African-American populations that improve adherence to medically advised asthma management

  • Understand the nature and extent of asthma-related work disability in low-income asthma patients

  • Recognize the contributions of caregiver acculturation and stress on asthma in Mexican-American children

AGENDA

Addressing Asthma in Englewood
Victoria Persky, MD, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, and Maureen Damitz, AE-C, Senior Director, Programs, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago

State of Asthma in Chicago
Kirsti Bocskay, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Epidemiology, Chicago Department of Public Health

Web-based Emergency Department Asthma Surveillance in Illinois
Michael McDermott, MD, Cathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, Sarah Rittner, MA; Institute for Health Care Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Networking Break

Work Disability in Low Income Asthma Patients
Anne Krantz, MD, MPH, John Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Obesity and Asthma Morbidity in an Inner City Community-based Cohort: The Chicago Initiative to Raise Asthma Health Equity (CHIRAH)
Jennifer Pedicano, MD, Fellow-In-Training, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

The Effects of Acculturation on Asthma Burden in Mexican American Children: Data from the Social Factors and the Environment in Pediatric Asthma Study (SPARC)
Molly Martin, MD, MAPP, Departments of Preventative Medicine and Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center

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CME's/CEU's

The American College of Chest Physicians designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM icon ACCP Accreditation Statement