Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes

Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes
Space is limited. RSVP today.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Breakfast and Registration: 8:30 a.m./Panel Presentation: 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Capitol Visitors Center, Washington, DC

(Can't make it to DC for the event? Read about a free national webinar below.)

A new report from George Washington University provides an evidence-based, national plan to improve life for the one in seven children with asthma and their parents. The report, "Changing pO2licy: The Elements for Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes," is supported by the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN) and RCHN Community Health Foundation (RCHN CHF).

UPDATE - Confirmed participants include:
Peter Grevatt, PhD, Director of the Office of Children's Health Protection and Environmental Education at the Environmental Protection Agency
Sara Rosenbaum, JD, study co-author and Hirsch Professor and Chair GW School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy
Julie Hudman, PhD, Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance
Feygele Jacobs, MPH, MS, Executive Vice President/COO of RCHN CHF
Deborah Kilstein, JD, MBA, Director for Quality Management and Operational Support for the Association of Community Affiliated Plans
Jeff Levi, PhD, Executive Director of Trust for America's Health
Floyd J. Malveaux, MD, PhD, Executive Director of MCAN
Thomas Platts-Mills, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology at University of Virginia
Karen Redlener, MS, Executive Director of the Children's Health Fund
Anne Markus, JD, PhD, MHS, co-lead author

Where
Capitol Visitors Center (CVC), Room SVC 209/208
E Capitol Street NE & 1st Street NE

Getting to the Event:
Please note that there is very little public parking available near the Capitol. The nearest public parking facility is at Union Station, north of the Capitol. The CVC is a 10-15 minute walk from the nearest Metro stations (Union Station on the Red Line and Capitol South on the Blue and Orange lines). Once at the CVC, you will be required to go through a security screening. Read more here.

RSVP Information
We encourage all interested parties to attend and RSVP early as space is limited to childhoodasthma@ccapr.com or at 202.609.6011.

Please contact Danielle DeForge at ddeforge@ccapr.com with any questions.

Can't make it to DC for the event?

Join us for a webinar to review the new report on March 4 at 10:30 - 12:00 EST. More details to follow.

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