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Asthma

Adolescent and School Health Program

Promoting the health and well-being of children and adolescents through schools, enabling them to become healthy and productive adults.

AirNow Kid's Air

Offers helpful ways for kids to learn about air quality and clean air.

Asthma

On this website, the CDC’s National Asthma Control Program helps Americans with asthma achieve better health and improved quality of life.

Asthma and the Environment

EPH tracking CDC Asthma and the Environment

Asthma Speaker's Kit

This 75-slide presentation depicts the pathophysiology of asthma; prevalence, mortality, and morbidity measures at the national level; risk factors; medical management; and the public health response needed to successfully fight asthma.

Asthma Triggers

AAFA Causes of Asthma Triggers

Basic Facts on Asthma

Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too.

BRFSS Interactive Maps

This page is part of an interactive mapping application that graphically displays the prevalence of behavioral risk factors at various levels. Using Geographic Information Systems, mapping technology and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Data, it allows users to visually compare prevalence data for states, territories, and local areas.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Asthma Control Program

Desencadenantes del Asma

Downloadable Asthma Medication Chart: Controller Versus Reliever

Exploring Asthma

Asthma (AZ-ma) is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)

This page on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website offers guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma.

Lung Disease Information for the Public, Schools and Childcare Centers

Posted on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website are publications and fact sheets for public schools and childcare centers on Lung Disease such as asthma, and other lung diseases.

Lung Diseases & Conditions Resources for Healthcare Professionals

These resources will help keep you informed on the best practices to treat and manage your patients’ care. Included are materials that can be shared with your patients and their families as a valuable tool to help answer some of their questions on lung diseases and conditions.

National Asthma Control Initiative

By working with Strategic Partners, Demonstration Projects, and Clinical Champions, the NACI has shown how to put asthma guidelines into action at home, school, work, health care settings, and the community.

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) was initiated in March 1989 to address the growing problem of asthma in the United States. The NAEPP is administered and coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

NIEHS Kids