Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities Asthma Mansel A. Nelson June 2011

Northern Arizona University The Mountain Campus Flagstaff, AZ

Presentation Introduction to IAQTC Creating Asthma Partnerships www.nau.edu/iaqtc

Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities The IAQTC project activities will focus on prevention and control of indoor air contaminates. Radon Indoor asthma triggers Indoor air quality management in schools.

Work Plan Conferences, meetings, and outreach to Tribes Seminar development and delivery in conjunction with national meetings Web resources Technical assistance

Technical Assistance Projects Respond to technical and non-technical questions Facilitate development of partnerships and collaborations within tribal community to address IAQ issues.

Questions for the Panel What are strategies for developing partnerships in tribal communities to address asthma issues? How can tribal communities reduce asthma triggers? How do we get medical staff working with environmental staff to address asthma issues in tribal communities? How can we share data so that we can measure the success of asthma programs? What are strategies for developing asthma education programs? Are all children attending tribal schools allowed to self medicate for asthma as needed? Should we organize a tribal asthma forum?

Mansel A. Nelson, Senior Program Coordinator Environmental Education Outreach Program (EEOP) Indoor Air Quality in Tribal Communities (IAQTC) Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Northern Arizona University (NAU) http://www.nau.edu/eeop/ mansel.nelson@nau.edu Voice 928 523 1275 or 1496 FAX 928 523 1280 PO Box 5768, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 www.nau.edu/iaqtc