About the Program
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program supports the goals and objectives
of Healthy People 2010 for asthma: to reduce the number of deaths,
hospitalizations, emergency department visits, school or work days
missed, and limitations on activity due to asthma ...more
Data and Surveillance
Asthma surveillance data includes collection of state-level adult asthma
prevalence rates; data on days of restricted activity, days in bed, days
of work or school lost, physician visits, and hospitalizations due to
asthma; and collection of in-depth state and local asthma data through
development and testing of a National Asthma Survey ...more
General Information
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes
of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early
morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and
avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the
triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse ...more
Interventions
Information on potentially effective interventions for asthma control,
including methodology for identification of the interventions, results,
lessons learned, information on the interventions themselves, a
bibliography, and sample case studies of interventions ...more
Legislation and Policy
Many federal and state government agencies as well as non-profit
organizations, commissions, and networks carry out asthma-related
activities and are involved in policy issues such as pending legislation
and children’s rights at school ...more
Resources
A listing of useful documents and FAQs about asthma and indoor/outdoor
air pollution from federal and state agency resources ...more