North Carolina

Funded Program: Addressing Asthma from a Public Health Perspective

State Success Stories: Breathing Easier in North Carolina [PDF - 187 KB]

Asthma State Data Profile: PDF - 403 KB

Program Description:
CDC is funding the health departments in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin to ensure the availability of and access to guidelines-based medical management and pharmacotherapy for all people with asthma and to address the intersection of public health and health care through funding state programs and national organizations, promoting asthma quality measures, and informing policy makers about the burden of asthma.

State Asthma Control Plan:
http://www.asthma.ncdhhs.gov/asthmaPlanDocs/NC_Asthma_Plan.pdf [PDF - 4 MB]