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The Ohio Asthma Coalition was established on June 3, 2003, through collaboration between the Ohio Department of Health Asthma Program and the American Lung Association of Ohio. The first order of business was to develop mission and vision statements:
Mission: Improve the lives of the more than 1 million Ohioans with asthma.
Vision: Living Well with Asthma.
Ohio Statewide Asthma Plan 2004-2009
A vibrant and active organization, the coalition currently has 170 members representing 97 organizations from all corners of the state. In 2004, coalition committees produced the Ohio Statewide Asthma Plan that outlined a comprehensive approach to addressing asthma in Ohio through a broad range of population-based strategies based on the Healthy People 2010 model. Because asthma is controllable but not curable or preventable at this time, efforts are focused on secondary and tertiary prevention. Most of the coalition activities occur through the framework of six committees, each focused on a strategic plan, as well as the four Ohio regional coalitions listed below.
Ohio Statewide Asthma Plan 2009-2014
In 2009 the coalition again took up the process of creating a five year plan of action. The experience and thinking of the coalition and its leadership was to create a flexible plan that allowed committees to plan and implement comprehensive project in four major areas in the next five years. The plan was based on a comprehensive survey of the coalition in late 2008. Due to that survey the organizational structure of the coalition was changed. A diagram of that organization is available HERE.
The Ohio Statewide Asthma Plan 2009-2014 is a collection of goals and objectives at this time that engages committees in planning for the 2009-10 year and in implementing those plans in the four following years. Each year the coalition will undertake Objective and Activity writing to maintain the plan as a living and working document.
The current plan consists of two parts:
Ohio Regional Coalitions:
- Greater Cleveland Asthma Coalition
Project Coordinator, GCAC
American Lung Association of Ohio
6100 Rockside Woods Boulevard, Suite 260
Independence, Ohio 44131
Phone: (216) 532-8206
Fax: (216) 524-7647
E-mail:gayres@accnorwalk.com
- Central Ohio Asthma Coalition (Columbus)
Phillip Bouton
President, COAC
c/o Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 645-6226
Fax: (614) 645- 7155
E-mail: pbouton@columbus.gov
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