Occupational Asthma
Air Now - Sponsored by The Environmental Protection Agency. An air quality site that includes regional Air Quality Forecasts, Ozone Maps, and an Air Quality Index for Kids
How to Manage Your Child's Indoor Environment - Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors. This site includes information about indoor asthma triggers and what you can do to reduce them. It also includes some public service advertisements and an explanation of an asthma management plan.
National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
New Jersey Work-related Asthma (WRA) website
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
- Information on environmental triggers of Asthma
Tobacco Use
Active and passive
smoking among asthmatic Missourians: Implications for health
education
Guidelines to Prevent Tobacco Use in the School Setting
Missouri Department of Health &
Senior Services
Tobacco
Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
Health Care
BAM! Body and Mind - A fun and engaging Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored site that includes detailed asthma information written for children.
Maternal and Child Health Library: Knowledge Path: Asthma in Children and Adolescents - With proper Asthma treatment and management, you can expect to
help your child:
- control asthma symptoms
- prevent most acute asthma attacks
- maintain their desired activity level
- experience near-normal lung function
Preventing an Asthma Attack
You
and Your Doctor - This site offers explanations for what role an asthma patient
and his or her doctor play in asthma management, and how both
should work together.
School/Child Care Centers
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Back to School:
The ABC's of Medication Compliance
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
- Free information about asthma and allergies
- Education programs for consumers and health professionals
Information
for Child Care Centers
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Indoor Air Quality/Tools for Schools
Making Your Child-Care Setting Asthma-Friendly - This site includes a seven-item list in a scorecard format (in
both English and Spanish) that can be used by parents, teachers
and school nurses.
Managing Asthma in the School Environment - Includes comprehensive information on the asthma epidemic, asthma in schools, environmental asthma triggers and a model daily asthma management plan.
Meeting the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses - This Guidance Sheet presents positive actions schools and families can take to address multiple chronic diseases at once using the same action steps.
Open Airways Program
Resources List
Signs
and Symptoms of Asthma (Alert for Teachers)
General
American Lung Association
BAM! Body and Mind - A fun and engaging Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored site that includes detailed asthma information written for children.
Mothers of Asthmatics
Additional Links
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Lung Association
Association of Asthma Educators
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of
America
Asthma and Allergy Network - Mothers of Asthmatics
Asthma Control Test
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Environmental Protection Agency
Missouri Department of Natural Resources - Air Quality
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
National Asthma Educator Certification Board
National
Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health
National Jewish
Medical and Research Center
NHLBI
Asthma Guidelines
St. Louis Asthma Consortium
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