Self-Management of Asthma Workgroup

Many Oregonians with asthma and the people that care for them do not have access to materials that provide them with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage the disease. Many Oregonians are not aware that asthma is a serious, life-threatening disease that can be controlled.

• Living Well with Chronic Conditions Workshop
  
  Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Managment Program) is a six-week workshop that provides tools for living a healthy life with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma and heart disease. Through weekly sessions, the workshop provides support for continuing normal daily activities and dealing with the emotions that chronic conditions may bring about.
  
  
• Oregon Asthma Resource Bank 
  
  Asthma is a complicated disease that requires constant self-management in between visits to the doctor. While there are many materials out there to support asthma self-management, they are of varying quality and accuracy. In response to the need for easily accessible, reliable materials, a collaboration of healthcare providers from throughout the state came together to create the web-based Oregon Asthma Resource Bank (OARB). On OARB you will find free, print-ready, clinically accurate, low-literacy, reliable asthma education handouts and provider tools based on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program’s (NAEPP) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma and the Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon
  
  
• Self-Management Resources Distribution Tracking Form
  
  Self-management resources are available for people who have asthma; however ensuring the information reaches patients is often difficult. As part of a larger effort to determine how well we are distributing asthma self-management resources and supporting self-management efforts, the Oregon Asthma Program is requesting your participation in tracking the distribution of resources. Please download the Self-Management Resources Distribution Tracking form and complete the sections that are applicable to your efforts.

Please send your completed form by email to: asthma.ohd@state.or.us or fax to: ATTN: Brian Ritacco (971) 673-0994. Thanks for your feedback!

• Goals and Objectives (pdf)
  
  

Meeting minutes

• January 11, 2006 (pdf)
• November 9, 2005 (pdf)
• September 14, 2005 (pdf)
• August 17, 2005 (pdf)
• July 13, 2005 (pdf)
• May 11, 2005 (pdf)
• April 13, 2005 (pdf)
• March 11, 2004 (pdf)
• December 11, 2003 (pdf)
• June 3, 2003 (pdf)
• April 10, 2003 (pdf)
• March 20, 2003 (pdf)
• February 13, 2003 (pdf)
• August 15, 2002 (pdf)
• July 2, 2002 (pdf)
• April 9, 2002 (pdf)
• February 21, 2002 (pdf)
• January 17, 2002 (pdf)
• November 15, 2001 (pdf)
• September 13, 2001 (pdf)

For more information, please contact:
Brian Ritacco, MA, MPA

Community Partnership & Self-Management Coordinator
(971) 673-0984

brian.a.ritacco@state.or.us

or

If you have a suggestion for a working group topic, or if you would like to participate in a working group, please join the Oregon Asthma Network and indicate your interests on the signup form.

Oregon Asthma Program - 971-673-0984