Rhode Island

Funded Program:
Comprehensive Asthma Control Through Evidence-Based Strategies and Public Health—Health Care Collaboration

Asthma State Data Profile: PDF - 488 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.health.ri.gov/publications/plans/2009-2014AsthmaStatePlan.pdf