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Partner Resources
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Parents and Caregivers
Find out what you can do to eliminate asthma triggers in your home (go to www.noattacks.org
[En Español]
Learn about asthma studies and how you can help patients manage environmental asthma triggers.
Learn how to partner with us and receive materials at no-cost.
View public service announcements (PSAs, video news releases (VNRs) and other media materials about asthma and learn more about our National Public Awareness and Media Campaign.
- Can EPA Provide Materials for My Asthma Event at No-Cost?
- To Order Materials at No-Cost
- Learn About EPA Partner Activities
- Asthma Awareness Month
- How Can I Learn More About Environmental Asthma Triggers?
In order to inform the public about how to avoid asthma triggers in homes, schools and other buildings, EPA collaborates with a network of non-profit and governmental organizations. These partner organizations play an important role in getting the word out about environmental asthma triggers and environmental management techniques.
Can EPA Provide Materials for My Asthma Event at No-Cost?
Yes. EPA has developed a wide variety of no-cost materials in multiple languages to help raise awareness of asthma and environmental asthma management. Order materials for use at your community outreach events.
Some of our most popular materials include:
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Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma, a low-literacy asthma management guide. The brochure provides parents of children
with asthma with the information they need to improve their children's quality of life. It is filled with tips on managing asthma by developing a management
plan and following some simple steps to minimize exposure to asthma triggers found indoors and out. The brochure includes helpful visuals that display how
to implement the suggested steps.
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Check
out EPA's Dusty The Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers
Funbook. This is an educational tool to help parents and children
learn more about asthma triggers.
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Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers: Your Children Will Breathe Easier
is a resource for parents and caretakers of children with
asthma.
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Clearing the Air: 10 Steps to Making Your Home Asthma-Friendly - This
short step-by-step guidance provides helpful hints for environmental asthma management.
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Visit our Resource pages to view the many other products such as print, television and radio public service announcements, brochures, videos, and posters available to you at no-cost.
Ask local television, radio and print media outlets to play or print the latest asthma PSA and video news release to raise awareness of asthma within your community. You can view and order copies of the PSAs at www.epapsa.com
See a list of all of EPA's No-Cost Asthma Materials at www.epa.gov/asthma/resources.html
You can order Indoor Air Quality publications from EPA's National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP):
P.O. Box 42419
Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419
Website: www.epa.gov/nscep
Phone: 1-800-490-9198
Fax: (301) 604-3408
E-mail: nscep@bps-lmit.comNSCEP operates a Toll-free phone service for EPA Publication Assistance with live customer service representative assistance Monday through Friday from 9:00am-5:30pm eastern time. Voice Mail is available after operating hours. You can fax or e-mail your publication requests. For technical assistance with NSCEP web pages, write to: nscep_nepis.tech@epa.gov
Please use the EPA Document Number, which is usually bolded or highlighted, when ordering from NSCEP.
How Do I Order Other EPA Publications? Click Here
Learn About EPA Partner Activities
EPA partners with national organizations, Federal Agencies, health care plans, providers and researchers to implement local outreach and education initiatives. EPA works with partners to implement a wide variety of Community-based Outreach and Education programs. There are many different types of outreach programs designed to increase awareness of asthma and environmental asthma management.
You can learn more about current partners' activities by following the links below:
Each year, in the month of May, EPA joins international, national, and local Asthma Awareness Month Activities to increase public understanding of asthma. Throughout the month, EPA organizes events, conducts media outreach, releases new materials and supports local Asthma Awareness Month efforts. EPA developed the Asthma Awareness Month Event Planning Kit to help local organizers coordinate Asthma Awareness Month Events.
Download an Event Planning Kit (PDF, 18 pp, 1.03MB About PDF) for ideas and materials to support Asthma Awareness Month Activities in your community.
How Can I Learn More About Environmental Asthma Triggers?
EPA supports scientific research to investigate links between environmental factors and asthma. We strive to make sure the public has access to the latest science about how the environment can affect asthma symptoms. EPA provides information about common indoor asthma triggers and recommendations for reducing exposure to them. Environmental triggers that are commonly found indoors include:
- Secondhand (cigarette) Smoke
- Cockroaches and Other Pests
- Dust Mites
- Molds
- Pets and Other Animals
- Nitrogen Dioxide
Factors in the outdoor environment can also trigger asthma. EPA provides daily updates on air quality forecasts to help asthma patients and other sensitive populations manage their exposure to environmental risks outdoors. Visit EPA's Air Quality Index site at www.epa.gov/airnow to see the air quality forecast for today.