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CHOP and Penn Medicine to Lead Philadelphia Regional Center for Children's Environmental Health

Mar 21, 2022

The new center, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, aims to identify and protect children in vulnerable communities from environmental exposures.

Disparities in Asthma Outcomes: Personal Touch Can Make a Difference

Aug 19, 2021

A few years before Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia launched the Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP) in 1997, our colleagues in the Emergency Department sent weekly tallies of how many patients from CHOP’s original off-site primary care practice at 39th Street came to the ED for asthma-related problems.

Before and after images of kitchen cabinet repair by CAPP+ Home Repair

EPA Mid-Atlantic Selects CHOP’s CAPP+ Home Repairs Program as First-Ever “Asthma Community Champion”

May 25, 2021

The Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+) Home Repairs Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has been named the inaugural Asthma Community Champion by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Region’s Asthma Program.

Dr. Tyra Bryant-Stephens Appointed Inaugural Leader of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity

Mar 16, 2021

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia today announced that Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD has been appointed Senior Director of its Center for Health Equity. In this new role, Dr. Bryant-Stephens will lead the development and execution of a bold strategic plan to address the impact of healthcare disparities in Philadelphia and beyond.

Improving Asthma with Home Repairs

Oct 15, 2020

A new partnership with the city enables no-cost home repairs to reduce asthma triggers.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Earns HAP Achievement Award

Aug 10, 2020

The Community Asthma Prevention Program receives a “Community Champion” Achievement Award from The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Expands CAPP+ Program, Partners With The Enterprise Center to Provide Resources, Training for Small Contractors

Dec 5, 2019

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is proud to announce a partnership with The Enterprise Center, in conjunction with Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), to build the number of licensed contractors in Philadelphia and expand CHOP’s Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus Home Repairs (CAPP+) initiative.