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The AsthmaBus©
For further information contact: Salvatore.Mangione@jefferson.edu
This public service education project is being conducted in collaboration
with the Philadelphia Health Department, the Philadelphia School District, and
the Philadelphia Asthma Task Force. Its aim is to increase asthma awareness
among Philadelphia schoolchildren, and also to provide screening for this
disease. Supported by a grant from Glaxo-Wellcome, this project relies on a
double-decker London Bus remodeled as a moving asthma exhibit and on a set of
cartoon characters (the AsthmaBusters©), created for the occasion by Joe
DiDomenico of the TJUH marketing and university graphics department.
 The Bus had its official inauguration on September 11, 2000 and commenced
operations immediately afterwards. TJU has received support from the Center
for Disease Control and Prevention to use the bus for mapping asthma
prevalence in Philadelphia public middle schools, and for carrying out the
evaluation component of the AsthmaBusters educational program.
This CDC grant,
one of four awarded nationwide, will be carried out in collaboration with the
Philadelphia School District.
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