Medicaid Assisted Program for Children (MAP)
Medicaid Assisted Program for Children (MAP) is a pilot project that is designed to provide home visits by community health workers (CHWs) to low-income ethnically diverse families who have children with asthma, ages 0-17 years. The goals of the program are to help parents and children learn self-management skills such as using medication properly, what to do when asthma symptoms worsen, accessing and participating in medical care and communicating with health care providers. Clients will also be shown how to identify asthma triggers in their homes, how to eliminate them and will be provided with trigger reduction resources such as allergen-impermeable bedding encasements, vacuums and cleaning kits. The number of visits is tailored to family needs with an average of 3 visits per family over the course of the project.
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