Community Health Worker Asthma Program
Community Health Workers at Public Health – Seattle & King County have been supporting families with asthma care in King County for over 20 years. The program has helped children and adults have more days without asthma symptoms, fewer emergency room visits, fewer missed days at school or work, and better quality of life.
Program benefits
- Four customized sessions with a community health worker specializing in asthma care
- A home environment assessment with a tailored plan to reduce asthma triggers in the home
- Asthma trigger reduction supplies, including a HEPA air filter
- Asthma education and resources
Referrals
We invite healthcare providers and community service organizations to refer patients or clients to our program by submitting a quick online referral at the link below.
Alternatively, if you or someone you care about has asthma, you can complete the survey for yourself or on behalf of a loved one.
Place a referral to the Community Health Worker Asthma Program.
Asthma education video modules
To learn more about asthma, we invite you to explore our YouTube channel. We've curated a collection of videos covering various aspects of asthma, including medications, asthma triggers, air quality, and more!
Module 1—Asthma: The Basics
In this video you will learn what asthma is, what effective control of asthma looks like, the difference between controller and reliever medicines and the importance of flu shots.
Module 2—Asthma Medicines
Learn the two types of inhaled asthma medicines: controller and rescue, or reliever medicines. We'll also cover the importance of taking medicines as prescribed, and ways to talk to your provider about your asthma medicines.
Module 3—Using Inhalers
Learn how to use different types of inhalers. What a spacer is and how to take care of your inhalers.
Module 4—Asthma Action Plan
Learn the importance of having an Asthma Action Plan and how to use an Asthma Action Plan.
Module 5—Asthma Warning Signs and What to Do
Early and Late warning signs for an asthma attack, what to do during an asthma attack and how colds can affect asthma.
Module 6—Asthma Triggers: Allergic
Learn how to describe what an allergic asthma trigger is. It covers dust mites, pets, cockroaches, rodents and mold.
Module 7—Asthma Triggers: Non-Allergic
Learn how to describe what a non-allergic asthma trigger is.
Module 8—Indoor air quality
In this video, you will learn about indoor air issues that affect asthma, products found in the Safer Cleaning Kit, cleaning techniques, and how to create a safe sleep zone.
Module 9—Outdoor air quality
You will learn how to reduce pollen exposure, different types of air pollution, and how to be prepared for wildfire smoke.
Module 10—Breathing exercises
In this module, you will learn how breathing exercises can be an important addition to helping with your asthma, different types breathing exercises and how and when to use breathing exercises.