Welcome to the New England Asthma Regional Council's Website

The New England Asthma Regional Council

Leadership through Action for New England's Children

The New England Asthma Regional Council Mission

To reduce the impact of asthma across New England, through collaborations of health, housing, education, and environmental organizations with particular focus on the contribution of schools, homes, and communities to the disease and with attention to its disproportionate impact on populations at greatest risk.

Upcoming Asthma Provider Conference

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ASTHMA PREVENTION AND CONTROL:

TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH PROVIDERS AND PAYERS

June 19, 2008

Information and Agenda

Conference Registration

If you registered prior to May 7, 2008, please be aware that our registration system was not working properly. We do not have information for anyone registered before that date, so you will need to re-register for the symposium.

ARC Highlights

See ARC's New Roadmap to the Future 12/18/07 Strategic Plan

New!

A Case for SmokeFree Housing

New!

Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case for Education and Environmental Interventions

Environmental Investments

Enhancing Asthma Management Using In-Home Environmental Interventions: A Review of Public Health Department Programs

Revised ARC Building Guidance for Healthy Homes

View as pdf

View in Word

Policy Paper

Regional Solutions to Preventing
Asthma Onset and Severity

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Educational Videos
Stop Pests in Your Homes. For tenants and residents. Advice on how to avoid pest problems (cockroaches, mice, and rats).

Integrated Pest Management: A Real Solution to Pest Problems. For property managers, property owners, and maintenance staff. Listen to the experiences of a multi-family housing manager.

**If you are having trouble viewing the videos, you can order these free DVDs through ARC**

To order materials by ARC click here

Basis for our Work

Basis for Action
Guiding Principles

Asthma by the Numbers

The Asthma and Environment Connection

For more information

Focus Areas

Asthma Surveillance

Clean Buses

Environmental Investments

Healthy Housing

Healthy Schools

Integrated Pest Management

New England State Asthma Plans

Occupational Health

ARC Newsletters and Publications

Newsletters

Publications

Announcements/Symposiums

Check back for future announcements.

ARC Symposium Proceedings

Getting the Bugs Out: Pest Control Strategies for Affordable Housing

Please click here to find information, presentations, and other follow-up materials from our recent conference

Council Meetings

For more information about ARC's Annual

Meeting on December 18, 2007 click here

HUD's Martin Nee leads discussion on Healthy Homes at ARC's Dec. 18th meeting. (In foreground, Dr. Pam Meyer from the CDC.)

Web News

The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC) website can now be found on ARC's website.

ARC is a governmental policy organization. If you or a family member want to know more about asthma, visit the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - New England Chapter or the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

ARC promotes sharing of information and resources across the New England region to address the many ways that the environmental impacts asthma. If you are a governmental agency or non-profit organization and would like an event or a link posted on this website, please e-mail Laurie Stillman (lstillman@tmfnet.org). Every effort will be made to post your event in a timely manner.

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