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Freedom from Smoking Online: A highly effective online course offering a support network and the tools to individuals who want to quit smoking. FFS uses behavioral modification methodology to encourage smokers to quit smoking. The online address is www.lungusa.org/ffs. In addition to the on-line cessation program, the ALAA offers self-help videos, manuals, and other information to help one quit smoking.
Citizens to Protect Kids Against Tobacco(CPKT): The ALAA is a charter member of the group CPKT, a public policy group formed to advocate change in tobacco policy. Recent successes include the increase in the tobacco tax and the new vendor assisted law in Anchorage. Additional activities include Proud to be Smoke Free, Teens Against Tobacco Alliance, Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage Alliance activities, and supporters of anti-tobacco initiatives. For more information, contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA, American Cancer Society and 1-800-478-9355, American Heart Association at 907-263-2044, or Alaska Native Health Board at 907-337-0028.
Asthma Education:
Champ Camp: A summer program which teaches young campers how to
control their asthma through educational sessions and lots of hearty outdoor activity.
Peer teachers lead the asthma educational sessions while medical professionals,
volunteers, and parents support campers in a variety of ways. Champ Camp is held at
YMCA's Camp Peggy Lake near Talkeetna each August. The cost for Champ Camp is
approximately $225.00 per child and financial aid is available for those in need.
For more information contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA.
Open Airways for Schools: A school based health education program teaching children ages 8-11 about their asthma and how to control it in a fun and effective way. OAS consists of six-40 minute lessons on topics, including: feelings about asthma, managing symptoms, medications, controlling triggers, exercise, and doing well at school. For more information, contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA.
Lung Lounge: The ALA's lung lounge is a place for teens with asthma to ask questions and discuss problems in a comfortable, anonymous setting - online. The Lunge Lounge is not a replacement for medical care, but it is a place where teens can ask questions and get advice, and then make their own decisions about how to manage and control their asthma. The online address is www.lungusa.org/chat.
Environmental Health
Tools for Schools: Easy to use action kit that shows
schools how to carry out a proactical plan of action at little or no cost using common
sense activities and in-house staff. The kit can help you ensure a healthy,
comfortable, and productive environment for learning, increases energy efficiency, reduces
the possibility of major disruptions, and minimizes school liability. For more
information, contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA, Alaska Health Project at 907-276-2864, or
US EPA Region 10 at 206-553-2589.
Alaska Healthy House Building Technology Program (Program in development): The Alaska Healthy House Building Technology Program is designed for homebuilders to encourage and recognize the construction of homes that are designed and built to significantly reduce the impact of dangerous indoor pollutants on the occupants and on the environment. This program fulfills its goals through education to builders and reduction in mortgage rates to homeowners. For more information, contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA or Alaska Housing and Finance Corporation at 907-338-6100.
Clean Air Education, Advocacy, and Coalitions: The American Lung Association of Alaska is a charter member of the Clean Air Coalition and advocates for clean air policies throughout Alaska. The ALAA provides Alaskans information on improved air quality through lobbying and advocacy, educating home owners on improved indoor air quality, improving outdoor ambient air quality, and improved indoor air quality for offices and public places. For more information on Clean Air activities contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA, Alaska Center for the Environment at 907-274-3621, Municipality of Anchorage 907-343-4200, or Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation at 907-269-7500
Community Health Services
Better Breathers: A monthly support group for people with chronic
lung disease providing assistance through education, information and referral in the
communities of Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, and the Mat-Su Valley.
Contacts:
Juneau: Contact Sandra Gast at
Bartlett Regional Hospital at 907-586-8446.
Fairbanks: Contact Julie Borhoff
at Peninsula Home Health Care at 907-452-6208.
Anchorage & Mat-Su Valley:
Troy Kuhlman at Geneva Woods Health Care at 907-272-0002.
Resource Center: The ALAA office maintains a resource center containing video, audio and printed materials for educational and personal use across Alaska on tobacco control, asthma, environmental health, and general lung health. Speakers may be available on request to schools, work places, and community organizations on tobacco, environmental health, and asthma. For more information, contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA.
Alaska Thoracic Society(ATS): The ATS society is an authorized chapter of the American Thoracic Society with goals being the dissemination of scientific information, act as a medical section of the American Lung Association of Alaska, and support professional education in the field of respiratory disease. The ATS society organizes a biannual conference on various respiratory disease topics including sleep medicine, turburculosis, and asthma. For more information contact the ALAA at 1-800-LUNG-USA.
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