“Asthma, An Urban Public Health Issue” with Erica Forrest

Inner city residents are particularly at risk for asthma due to poor indoor and outdoor air quality. Erica Forrest, Training and Education Supervisor for the Environmental Health Dept. at Children’s Mercy, K.C., is a registered respiratory therapist, certified asthma educator and certified healthy homes specialist.  She will assess the scale of this problem in our metro area, and what is being done to address it.


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