On March 30th 2011 Dr. Burns, the executive director of the Breathmobile, was awarded the Regional Hero award at the 15th Annual Public Health Heroes Awards Ceremony. The event was in Berkeley. Dr. Anothony B. Iton presented the award to Dr. Burns (he is pictured) and Dr. Stephen M. Shortell, Dean of Dean of the School of [...]
Our West Contra Costa County new-school visits continued with Lake Elementary today. It was our first ever visit in San Pablo, and the Breathmobile, along with the school officials, were very excited to get the day started. It took a LOT of phone calls and information-spreading to parents, to get us to this day. There are a LOT of kids with [...]
Spanish speaking parents and children make up a large percentage of the patients we see. As a matter of fact, almost every parent we saw on our first day at Highland in Richmond was Spanish speaking. The areas in which the Breathmobile operates have large Latino populations, and data shows that Latino children show higher [...]
The end of this week was the beginning of something big. Today was our first day in West Contra Costa County, at Highland Elementary in Richmond. Nestled atop a grassy hill, Highland Elementary was busy and bustling with parents dropping off their children in the early hours of the morning. It was a crisp, sunny [...]
It was a surprisingly warm day in the city, the sun was shining on Gilman Street, Candlestick Park was jetting out behind us …and the Breathmobile staff was buzzing with excitement. The sound of babies and toddlers laughing and cooing from FranDelJA and children laughing and starting classes across the street at Bret Harte Elementary greeted us. After months of making arrangements, [...]
In reading about asthma on the internt or in reading BreatheEasy (West Contra Costa County and Bayview Hunters Point may ring a bell), you may have heard the phrase environmental justice being thrown around. But, what exactly is it? And why is it that when we talk about child asthma that environmental justice invariably pops up? Although asthma does not [...]
You may remember our Bayview Hunters Point post, about the statistics of asthma in Bayview Hunters Point. http://ncabreathmobile.com/2011/02/why-bayview-hunters-point/ For many months now James, Keiko, and Dr. Burns have been working tirelessly to get the NCA Breathmobile to the children of Bayview Hunters Point. This is a neighborhood in San Francisco with very high rates of asthma amongst [...]
Sometimes our eyes get a little tired from reading, so that is why we felt it was important to have a YouTube channel. A great way for the community to understand and learn about the Breathmobile, is if we provide those awesome photos and videos of the Breathmobile staff at work. Sure we can talk [...]
Just as we had BreatheEasy blog posts about West Oakland and Bayview Hunters Point, we thought it was vital to make sure our readers understood why West Contra Costa was such a huge goal of ours and why it is so important that our services be available there. People were REALLY happy to see us yesterday at [...]
Asthma is a leading cause of school absences. Not only does this affect the amount of money schools get from the federal government, but time lost from school may negatively affect grades, academic achievement, self-esteem, and future life successes. Doesn’t the public school system in California have enough problems? The outcomes the NCA Breathmobile expects are: 1. [...]
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