What is the Breathe Easy program?

Breathe Easy is an home assessment environmental intervention to improve asthma management. Participants receive virtual home visits from a trained Healthy Home Specialist to assess for asthma triggers in their home, provide disease management education and a Breathe Easy Kit to help mitigate environmental triggers.

How does it work?

  • Referral

    Participants are referred to the Breathe Easy Program through their health care provider or Medicaid Health Plan.

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  • Intake

    Once the referral is received, a member of the Breathe Easy team reaches out to the participant to introduce the program, obtain consent and enroll the patient.

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  • How it Works

    1. Virtual Home Assessment: A Reinvestment Partners Housing Specialist meets with the participants virtually to:

    • Identify asthma triggers in the home
    • Complete a baseline Asthma Control Test (ACT)

    2. Asthma Education: We provide disease management education for participants and caregivers on:

    • Recognizing asthma signs and symptoms
    • Medication use and inhaler technique
    • Managing indoor environmental triggers

    3. Free Breathe Easy Kit: After the first session is completed, we will mail a custom Breathe Easy Kit to the participant’s home, which includes:

    • HEPA-filtered upright vacuum cleaner
    • HEPA air purifier for the bedroom
    • Hypoallergenic mattress and pillow encasements
    • Non-toxic cleaning supplies
    • Pet- and child-safe roach/mouse traps
    • Allergen reinforced AC filters
    • Dehumidifier

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  • Follow-up Support

    About four weeks after the initial session, we will complete a follow-up video session to:
    • Ensure the participant received and understands how to use the Breathe Easy Kit
    • Reinforce disease management education
    • Complete a second ACT to assess for progress

    Post-Intervention Follow-Up: Three months after completing services, Reinvestment Partners conducts a follow-up with participants. During this check-in, we administer a new ACT to assess asthma control and symptoms, and we also gather feedback to evaluate participant satisfaction with the intervention.