Childhood asthma is the number one cause of school absence. Better Health and our partners have been aggregating asthma data from the 44127 ZIP code. Our collaborative reporting shows that 26% of children from Slavic Village have an asthma diagnosis — twice as much as kids in suburbs like Westlake or Beachwood. Controlling asthma exacerbations is key and MetroHealth is helping schools cope by bringing clinics and nurses into their buildings. WVIZ/ideastream reports on these findings and services but is also shining a light on the polluters who affect a neighborhood's air quality.

> Click here to hear the ideastream audio or read their report.

Select presentations from our Fall 2018 Learning Collaborative, Block by Block Better Health - Building Healthy Communities in Northeast Ohio are now available for viewing or downloading. A gallery of photographs from throughout the day is also available. If you attended, check to see if you were a face in the crowd.

> Click here to access the Learning Collaborative materials.

Trauma affects the central nervous system. It interferes with a child’s ability to relax and focus, and ultimately shapes how the child sees his or her future. Trauma-focused interventions occur on many different levels. In addition to family and other natural supports, a variety of service systems (child welfare, law enforcement, education, faith-based, health, juvenile justice, mental health, etc.) may become involved in providing informal or formal care to a child. Join us for our 4-part webinar series on trauma-informed care.

> Click here to register.

Rita Horwitz, Better Health Partnership's President & CEO, was invited to WVIZ/ideastream to demonstrate our childhood asthma "hotspot" mapping tool which identifies asthma clusters in the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and surrounding areas and the multi-sector approach needed to control pediatric asthma flareups.

> Click here to listen to the WVIZ audio spot with Rita.
> Click here to work with our childhood asthma mapping tool.