Breathe Easy Camden
PROJECT LOCATION
Camden County, New Jersey, United States
Status
Complete
When
2015
Health Concern
Asthma
Project Hypothesis
Increasing awareness of the relationship between living environments and asthma, and providing tools and resources essential to creating and maintaining healthy, trigger-free living environments will reduce incidences of asthma.
Project Strategy
Environmental home assessments and training on Asthma Management
Beneficiaries
- 9 families participated in workshops
Project Partners
- Local Implementing Partner — New Jersey Area Health Education Center in Camden (AHEC)
- Research Partner — Rutgers University Center for Urban Research and Education
SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT PROVIDED IN PART BY
- The ARCHIVE Board of Directors
- Concrete Systems Inc.
- Leedo
For more information on this project, please contact ARCHIVE here.
Stakeholders from local governmental agencies, community organizations, and the state university discuss community priorities.
Stakeholders present on health metrics and local needs.
Row houses in Camden where residents have many critical health needs which are exacerbated by poor housing conditions.
Abandoned homes in Camden, NJ.