Wednesday, March 11, 2026 

1:00pm EST, 12:00pm CT,  11:00am MT,  10:00am PT

Summary:

Children who experience two or more emergency department visits or a hospitalization for asthma are recognized as being at high risk for future unplanned healthcare utilization. Asthma morbidity and mortality are strongly associated with social and environmental disadvantage, and children living in underserved neighborhoods face disproportionate burdens that contribute to poor outcomes.

The Child Opportunity Index (COI), a publicly available measure of neighborhood conditions, provides a structured way to quantify opportunity across educational, health/environmental, and socioeconomic domains. Lower COI scores reflect fewer neighborhood resources and greater structural disadvantage. Children residing in low‑ and very‑low‑opportunity areas are at significantly higher risk for asthma morbidity and mortality and may benefit from enhanced care coordination, health navigation, and targeted support to address barriers that interfere with following the plan of care.

Our program integrated the COI into clinical practice to identify children at greatest risk and deliver focused, equity‑informed interventions aimed at improving health outcomes and quality of life. We would like to present our program design, implementation strategy, and the outcomes achieved through this targeted approach.

Objectives:

• Describe how neighborhood‑level opportunity influences clinical outcomes in children with asthma
• Identify children at elevated risk by integrating child opportunity index data into clinical workflows
• Evaluate the impact of opportunity‑aligned interventions on health outcomes and equity 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
NURSING: This program has been planned and implemented according to the California Board of Registered Nursing requirements. The Association of Asthma Educators is an approved provider (#13605) of continuing education in nursing. This activity meets the criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements, and the participant is awarded 1.0 contact hours.

RESERVE YOUR SEAT no later than January 14th

Schedule:  

• Monday, March 16th: 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 1 & 2
  
• Friday, March 20th: 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 3 & 4
• Monday, March 23rd: 12:00pm-3:00pm ET Complete Module 5 and FAQs
• Friday, March 27th:  9:00am -5:00pm-Schedule a one hour individual assessment 

Note: Attendance at all sessions is required to receive accreditation. 

Your registration includes reference materials. Please review your registration carefully. Materials will be shipped based on your registration information.

Course Goal: The program is designed to prepare entry-level community health workers (CHW) to effectively provide basic asthma management education.  This course is not only for community health workers! The content and objectives are also targeted for Athletic Trainers, School Nurses, LPN's, RN's, CRT's, RT's, insurance providers, and students and any professional that has any interest of involvement with patients or families living with asthma. Certified asthma educators (AE-Cs) may find value in this course as professional development to better serve their patient/parent/advocate knowledge. This course will certainly provide useful tools to meeting open communications, adherence, and positive outcomes. *If you are an Asthma Educator, program director, or provider, please contact us for more information on our more advanced education courses. 

View additional details about our course HERE

Accreditation Statements:

NURSING:  This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the requirements of the California Board of Registered Nursing. The Association of Asthma Educators is an approved provider (#13605) of continuing education in nursing. This activity meets criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements, and the participant is awarded 10.0 contact hours.

*This course is available to Minnesota residents ONLY.  If you are interested in this course and live outside of Minnesota, please contact AAE directly to assign you to a future course or host your own course. Email, Call or Text: admin@asthmaedcuators.org / 215-353-2477

Course Goal: The program is designed to  prepare  entry-level community health workers (CHW) to effectively provide basic asthma management education.  This course is not only for community health workers! The content and objectives are also targeted for Athletic Trainers, School Nurses, LPN's, RN's, CRT's, RT's, insurance providers, and students and any professional that has any interest of involvement with patients or families living with asthma. Certified asthma educators (AE-Cs) may find value in this course as professional development to better serve their patient/parent/advocate knowledge. This course will certainly provide useful tools to meeting open communications, adherence, and positive outcomes. *If you are an Asthma Educator, program director, or provider, please contact us for more information on our more advanced education courses.

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Passcode: 909008

• Tuesday, April 28th
• Thursday, April 30th
• Tuesday, May 5th 
• Thursday, May 7th:  Individual Assessments 

ACCREDITATION

NURSING:  This program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the requirements of the California Board of Registered Nursing. The Association of Asthma Educators is an approved provider (#13605) of continuing education in nursing. This activity meets criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements, and the participant is awarded 11.0 contact hours.