LCHE advocates for policies and systemic changes relevant to adolescent health with a primary focus on education, behavioral health, violence prevention and improving overall health outcomes. Through the Together We Are More Adolescent Health Collaborative, LCHE employs data-driven public health approaches to address these needs in a comprehensive and sustainable manner. LCHE’s founder Alma C. Stewart Allen has also worked alongside other prominent health leaders through the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s National Children’s Health Leadership Network, a leadership development program that empowers state leaders to design and promote policies to address racial and health disparities affecting children and youth.

 

In collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Health – Office of Public Health, LCHE and LSU Health New Orleans – School of Medicine have partnered with the Green and Healthy Homes Initiative to launch Bringing Respiratory Health Equity for Asthmatics Through Healthier Environments program (BREATHE). Through this initiative, we have expanded this partnership and developed a plan to decrease the number of emergency department visits and hospitalizations due to asthma complications in Baton Rouge. BREATHE provides home-based care, health education, and environmental remediation so children living with asthma can achieve better health and quality of life outcomes with lower health care costs. Find out more here.