Healthy Homes Des Moines (HHDSM), a BUILD Health Challenge community in Iowa, made great strides in their home-based asthma intervention programs in the past year. Asthma affects Iowa Medicaid populations at a staggering rate, and the issue is particularly severe in Des Moines, where asthma burdens several communities and results in expensive medical bills, absences [...]
By Amy Slonim I'm a firm believer that no single sector is able to tackle the barriers to health without collaborating and leveraging the expertise, talents, and resources of others. Engaging community members and leaders with diversity of experience and perspectives creates a strong foundation to improve health at the local level. The BUILD Health [...]
By Betsy Taylor [Catholic Health Association of the United States] Program ferrets out asthma triggers, makes needed home repairs A new program, Healthy Homes Des Moines in Iowa, is trying to keep asthmatic children out of the emergency room and from unexpected visits to the doctor's office by reducing the conditions in the child's home [...]
[The Advisory Board Company] Project 'has been groundbreaking,' hospital partner says When three Iowa hospitals noticed a surge in ED visits for pediatric asthma, they combined their data and expertise to tackle a major source of the problem: poor housing conditions in their communities. Through the Healthy Homes Des Moines program, Mercy Medical Center, Broadlawns Medical Center, [...]
By Joe Gardyasz [Business Record] A health improvement project that began as a pilot a year ago has grown into a citywide initiative to address asthma in Des Moines children. The initial project, called Healthy Homes East Bank, targeted deteriorating housing in the Capitol Park, Martin Luther King Jr. Park, and Capitol East neighborhoods, where [...]
By Claire Richmond If your home environment is not healthy, you cannot be healthy: mentally or physically. Think about it. You spend half of your day (or more!) in your home. If it’s not healthy, you probably aren’t either. That’s why I’m thrilled to manage Healthy Homes Des Moines (HHDSM), an asthma program that gets [...]
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By Tony Leys [The Des Moines Register] Kevin Ochoa’s family is getting unusual help in answering a vexing riddle: Why is he having so much trouble breathing? The Des Moines sixth-grader suffers severe asthma attacks, which routinely send him to the hospital. The situation is frightening, painful and expensive. Last week, a team of experts came [...]
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By Gunnar Olsen [dsm Magazine] A groundbreaking pilot project focuses on repairing homes as a cost-effective way to treat chronic childhood illnesses, offering hope for ailing kids and their families. The approach is on the forefront of a national movement in the medical profession to move treatment “upstream,” beyond clinics and hospitals. Lucas Gilbert’s [...]