Room2Breathe Asthma Home Visiting Program

Education Plus Health operates the Room2Breathe Program in partnership with the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Launched in 2019 and based on Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP), the program is currently partnered with several pediatric practices and community health centers across the city with the goal of reducing pediatric hospitalizations due to asthma. Room2Breathe is a Community Health Worker-led program that serves youth age 2-14 with a year-long home visiting intervention to improve asthma management through education, resources, and support. All Room2Breathe Community Health Workers are trained and certified by the CAPP program before building their patient caseload.

To be eligible for the program, a patient must meet the following criteria:

• Must live in Philadelphia County
• Must be age 2-14
• Have had one inpatient hospitalization OR two emergency room visits due to asthma

Program Components:

• Coordinate with child’s primary care provider
• Teach families about asthma self-management
• Educate families about reducing asthma triggers in the home
• Provide families with supplies to help control triggers in the home
• Keep primary care providers updated by sharing visit summary reports
• Refer families to pest management services as needed
• Connect families to community-based agencies to address the social determinants of health as needed