Wisconsin Asthma Program

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services has been conducting asthma surveillance activities since 1992 and asthma interventions since 1994. Since 2001 the Wisconsin Asthma Program has expanded its activities under a cooperative agreement with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2003, the Wisconsin Asthma Plan was adopted to provide the blueprint for addressing asthma as a public health priority, and lists the prioritized goals, objectives, and activities recommended for statewide action to reduce the burden of asthma in Wisconsin .  The Wisconsin Asthma Program serves as both staff and member to the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition, which has been accomplishing many of its goals through various activities addressed within the Wisconsin Asthma Plan.

Priorities

• Maintain & expand asthma surveillance efforts

• Facilitate implementation of the Wisconsin Asthma Plan

• Prioritize & implement public health interventions for asthma

• Build local capacity to identify, evaluate and implement actions

• The Wisconsin asthma program seeks to achieve the following Healthy People 2010 goals:

  1. By August of 2009, reduce the asthma mortality rate by 12% (vs. 2002 baseline);

  2. By August of 2009, reduce the asthma inpatient hospitalization rate by 9% (vs. 2002 baseline);

  3. By August of 2009, reduce the asthma emergency department visit rate by 7% (vs. 2002 baseline);

  4. By August of 2009, reduce the percent of people with asthma who report being affected by sleep disturbances to 20%;

  5. By August of 2009, reduce the percent of people with asthma reporting activity limitation to 10%.

To achieve these goals, the program will continue to conduct surveillance, maintain and enhance partnerships and implement priority interventions identified in the Wisconsin Asthma Plan.

Wisconsin Asthma Plan

The Wisconsin Asthma Plan (PDF, 2.7 MB) was approved by the DHS Secretary and the Wisconsin Asthma in October of 2003. The overarching goals of the plan are:

• To expand and improve the quality of asthma education, prevention, management and services, and

• To decrease the asthma burden in racial/ethnic minority and low-income populations.

The plan addresses all persons with asthma, regardless of gender, age, race/ethnicity or geographic area, and priorities for key environments in which persons with asthma spend significant amounts of time, such as homes, schools and workplaces, are included.

Wisconsin Plan: Executive Summary (PDF, 303 KB)

A revised Wisconsin Asthma Plan will be released in the Spring 2009.

CDC National Asthma Control Program

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Date Last Revised:  June 25, 2008