| Pediatric Asthma Coalition of the Capital Region |
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Asthma is the most common chronic disease of children under 18 years of age and is becoming the fourth leading cause of disability in this age range. Severe asthma is more common in poor, minority and inner-city populations. These populations have more asthma-related Emergency Department visits and hospitalizations, and are more likely to miss school and their parents to miss work due to illness. The goal of the Pediatric Asthma Coalition of the Capital Region (PACCR) is to decrease asthma morbidity and mortality in Capital Region children, ages 1-17, with poor socio-economic status (as defined by having Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care or no health insurance). PACCR focuses on eastern upstate New York, specifically the counties of Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie. To see a list of Asthma related links, please CLICK HERE. To register or registered members, please LOGIN HERE. Albany County PACCR Coalition Partners:
Alegre Pediatrics • El Centro Civico • Price Chopper Pharmacy • Hometown Health Center • Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Services • St. Peter's Health Center for Children • HealthLink Littauer • Columbia Memorial Hospital • Bassett Health Care • NYSDOH • Cornell Cooperative Extension • Albany Medical Center • Ellis Hospital • St. Peter's Health Center for Children • New York State Association of School Nurses • St. Peter's Cardiopulmonary Center • SUNY Albany School of Public Health • CDPHP • Albany College of Pharmacy • Healthy Capital District Intiative For more information on PACCR, please contact us at 518-591-4479 or you may send an inquiry to eelfeldt@wmyhealth.org.
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