Reports

Asthma in Michigan: A Blueprint for Action (July 2001)
The Michigan Asthma Strategic Planning Initiative (MASPI) Task Force report includes 24 recommendations describing improvements that could be made in the areas of clinical care, professional and patient education, environmental quality, community action, and surveillance. Read the executive summary.

Asthma in Michigan 2010: A Blueprint for Action (June 2006)
Based on the successes and lessons from the last five years, the members of AIM have updated the strategic plan in order to refocus their efforts to meet or surpass the Healthy People 2010 asthma targets. The Asthma in Michigan 2010 plan includes interventions that incorporate system change/policy development that directly target asthma disparities.

Asthma in Michigan 2011-2014: A Blueprint for Action (August 2011)

Annual Report on Asthma: Deaths Among Individuals Aged 2-34 Years in Michigan
This is a joint report of the Michigan State University Department of Medicine and the Michigan Department of Community Health Bureau of Epidemiology. Although the number of deaths is not large, the circumstances surrounding these deaths are dramatic. The deaths are particularly tragic because they are preventable. Download the latest report.

Healthy People 2010 Fact Sheet for Asthma (2003)
The Michigan Department of Community Health's Bureau of Epidemiology has prepared a report describing asthma in Michigan as related to the Healthy People 2010 Objectives identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Healthy People 2010 Fact Sheet for Asthma (2006)
After three years, the Michigan Department of Community Health's Bureau of Epidemiology has reviewed and updated their previous Healthy People 2010 Fact Sheet for Asthma.

Healthy Michigan 2010: Health Status Report
This report includes information on asthma hospitalizations and mortality, as well as data on many other diseases and risk factors.

Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan Report

The Michigan Department of Community Health's Bureau of Epidemiology has begun an update to the comprehensive report entitled Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan. It will include Michigan specific information on asthma prevalence, quality of life for people with asthma, asthma management, severe outcomes of asthma (such as hospitalization and death), and much more. As chapters of this document are completed, they will be published to the internet and can be used as stand-alone documents. The chapters that are complete are:

Chapter 1: Introduction and Report Summary

Chapter 2: Asthma Prevalence

Chapter 5: Asthma Control and Clinical Management

Chapter 8: Asthma Hospitalization

Chapter 9: Asthma Burden for Children in Medicaid (2007)

Chapter 10: Asthma Mortality

Chapter 12: Detroit, the Epicenter of the Asthma Burden (2008)

View the previous edition of the 2004 Epidemiology of Asthma in Michigan Report.

Asthma Prevalence, Severity, and Management for Michigan Adults Report (2005)
This report was prepared by the epidemiology staff of AIM and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in the Bureau of Epidemiology at the Michigan Department of Community Health. Its development was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Using data from the Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, this brief statistical report describes the prevalence of asthma, symptoms, quality of life, and indicators of disease severity and management for adults in Michigan.

Asthma in Michigan, a PowerPoint presentation (1.47 MB, 83 slides)
Asthma epidemiologists at the Department of Community Health have developed a PowerPoint presentation that describes asthma, the burden of asthma, and some of the asthma resources available in Michigan.
A few notes about using these slides:

• You do not have to use the entire slide set, you can use pieces as needed. However, we ask that when using slides from this set, to please include the first slide and last three slides - the title, acknowledgment, and "for more information" slides.
• We ask that you use the entire slide as it is formatted, since care was taken to reference data correctly. Also, the notes pages give speakers notes to help in the interpretation of the slide.
• The slide set will be periodically updated, so check back here for updates.

Disparities in Michigan's Asthma Burden (2005)
The Disparities in Michigan's Asthma Burden Fact Sheet was prepared by the epidemiology staff of AIM at the Michigan Department of Community Health, with the assistance of Kevin Dombkowski, DrPH, Senior Research Associate in the Department of General Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. This brief statistical report highlights the demographic and socioeconomic disparities in Michigan's asthma burden.