The Montana Asthma Home Visiting Program (MAP)
The Montana Asthma home visiting Program (MAP) provides free asthma education for people of all ages with uncontrolled asthma. Examples of topics covered in the curriculum are what asthma is, how to control your asthma, and how to avoid asthma triggers. The curriculum was developed based on medical guidelines and research from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The program includes 6 interactions with a trained healthcare provider over the course of one year. During these interactions participants receive:
- Asthma education
- Home environmental assessment to identify possible asthma triggers
- Incentives like free spacers, HEPA air purifiers, and replacement HEPA filters
Click on the referral icon to request more information from a MAP home visitor or to enroll yourself or a patient through the secure referral portal. The Map is now available in all 56 counties! This includes virtual home visiting services for individuals living outside of the direct service area of the 9 current MAP sites.
MAP Site Locations
MAP services are provided by the following county health departments and health centers:
- Anaconda-Deer Lodge
- Bullhook Community Health Center in Havre
- Cascade County
- Custer County
- Flathead County
- Gallatin County
- Lewis & Clark Public Health in Helena
- Park County Health Department
- Richland County
These 9 sites provide in-home visits in 24 counties, while virtual home visiting options are available in all 56 counties.
Program Eligibility
Any individual with a current asthma diagnosis living in Montana. Individuals must have:
- an emergency department visit, hospitalization, or unscheduled medical office visit for asthma
OR - an Asthma Control Test score of less than 20 in the last year.
*Montanans with asthma who do not meet these requirements are still eligible for MAP with a direct referral from their healthcare provider.
Results from before and after completing the asthma home visiting program:
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