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Central Virginia Asthma Coalition Brochure & Newsletter
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• Support surveillance programs to collect data on asthma prevalence, mortality and disease management.
• Support and provide asthma education programs to individuals and groups.
• Strengthen and expand the asthma coalition through marketing and networking.
• Advocate for intervention strategies that will improve the health of people with asthma.

1. From 2001-2005, 22 percent (10,669 of 48,693) of the hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of asthma in Virginia were from the CVAC service area.
2. Three of the five health districts in the CVAC service area (Hanover: 10.4%; Richmond: 10.8%; Crater: 8.7%) have a prevalence of current asthma in adults that is higher than the state prevalence (8.4%).
3. In the CVAC service area the average hospital stay for children (age 0-18) and adults (age 19 and up) slightly exceeds the average stay for Virginia. In 2005, the average total charge for a hospital stay for children and adults was approximately 39 percent higher in the CVAC service area than the statewide average. (CVAC service area, age 19 and up; $21,745 for 5.31 days; age 0-18: $11,629 for 2.59 days. Average in Virginia, age 19 and up: $13,199 for 4.4 days; age 0-18: $7,149 for 2.2 days.)

• Access to community education tools/supplies (i.e. display board).
• Scholarship opportunties for the Asthma Educator Institute.
• Participation in CVAC Speaker's Bureau.
• Networking Opportunities.
• Involvement in strategies that influence policy change.
• Giving back to the community.