Breathe DC

East of the River (EOR)The population of interest for the EOR project encompasses perinatal women who smoke or are exposed to tobacco smoke, infants and children ages 0-17 years of age exposed to tobacco smoke, and heads of households who smoke. Services provided by the EOR project include tobacco cessation classes, one-on-one tobacco cessation counseling, Ask Advise Refer (AAR) cessation model for healthcare providers, Text-to-Quit text messaging service for tobacco cessation, and referrals to the 1-800 Quitline.Major highlights from the EOR project in the FY 21 funding period includes: (a) Outreach to more than 2,500 DC residents through social media with posts about cessation. (b) 61 clinical and ancillary clinical staff trained in the Ask, Advise, Refer tobacco cessation model(c)92.5% graduation rate with classes held online after shutdown for Covid-19.

Improving Pediatric Asthma Outcomes (IPAO)The IPAO project worked at the healthcare system level in outpatient delivery settings, in hospitals and schools, to improve care for asthmatic patients in DC. For the FY21 IPAO project, BDC partnered with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Division of Pediatrics (MGUH) to review the Tonic Screen data. In addition, BDC worked with Washington Pediatric Associates asthma clinic to review the clinics Asthma Encounter Form. Finally, there was the collaboration with Miner Elementary School to implement an parent asthma forum and review educational materials and presentations.