Public Health Professionals

The following Web pages offer information about public health issues regarding asthma.

 

CDC Resources

Addressing Asthma From a Public Health Perspective

The funding opportunity for CDC-RFA-EH09-901 is now open. Deadline is May 8, 2009.

CDC Evaluation Working Group—Framework for Program Evaluation

Program evaluation is an essential organizational practice in public health. Use this Web site to learn about the CDC Evaluation Working Group and its effort to promote program evaluation in public health.

• Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self-Study Guide (August 2005) [PDF, 1.35MB]

  This site provides a how-to guide for planning and implementing evaluation activities. The manual is based on CDC’s Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health, released September 1999, and is intended to help state, local, and community managers and staff of public health programs plan, design, implement, and use the results of comprehensive evaluations in a practical way.

Office on Public Health Genomics (OPHG)

Advances in asthma genomics are occurring rapidly. Although these advances have not yet caused a change in the methods of asthma prevention, diagnosis, or treatment, new strategies to prevent and manage asthma are likely to be developed within the near future.

Government Departments, Agencies, and Resources

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP)
  

  The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program works with other groups, including major medical associations, voluntary health organizations, and community programs, to educate patients, health professionals, and the public. This site contains information about the program, educational resources, and the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

This site provides support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent asthma.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

This institute coordinates and supports research on environmental health sciences and provides resources.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The National Library of Medicine, the largest online medical library, provides health information, library services, research programs, and general information related to topics such as asthma.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—Asthma Page

EPA informs people about the environment and develops and enforces regulations about the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the environment. Visit this Web site to learn about EPA’s Asthma Education Campaigns to promote asthma awareness in your community and the EPA National Environmental Leadership Awards.

Other U.S. Organizations and Resources

Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP)

This organization works with medical directors, quality improvement staff, and other health plan officials to improve the health care system and the lives of people in the communities they serve. The site provides background information about the intervention "Asthma Intervention for Inter-City Children."

Allies Against Asthma (Allies)

Allies Against Asthma, a program of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, was a national initiative to improve asthma control for children and adolescents. This site provides tools and resources that may be useful to other asthma coalitions and programs addressing asthma.

American’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans, Taking on Asthma is a national program to improve the quality of care provided to people with asthma and enhance their quality of life. AHIP offers resources and tools that may be useful to health insurance plans to improve the overall quality of asthma care.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

This organization formulates and influences public health policy to ensure excellence in state-based public health practice.

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS)

This site provides information about the Improving Asthma Care for Children initiative to improve the management of pediatric asthma in high-risk recipients of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs under managed care.

Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Network

EPA supports this network in partnership with Allies Against Asthma, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It provides community-based asthma programs with a platform for real-time learning that can drive ongoing improvement of asthma care.

• Resource Bank
  Find valuable asthma-related materials and resources to assist your program or coalition.

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure—Executive Summary is a book that contains information about the role that indoor air pollution plays in asthma causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity.

 

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