AFSZ • Program


Program Asthma Free School Zone is neighborhood-based and school-centered. The program provides durable outdoor signage to designate school zones; gives advocacy and environmental health training to school and community members; guides grassroots creation and maintenance of safe, healthy school zones in which children are protected from risks associated with poor air quality. The end goal is greater public awareness about the importance of clean air and environmental stewardship.
	The AFSZ core program works to raise awareness about and guide strategies related to improvement of: local air quality, asthma management, general school-wide health and safety, and reduction of exposure to asthma triggers. See a Poster Overview of the program. The site-specific program, when called-for, partners with local health agencies, community development organizations and, most importantly, parent associations to achieve a particular goal in an individual school.