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Asthma resources
Resources and information for health care professionals
Community Health Worker Guidelines
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- Expert Panel Report 2: Guidelines for the Diagnosis & Management of Asthma
National Asthma Education & Prevention Program; National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Comprehensive, state-of-the-art guidelines that address clinical and self-management issues at all levels of asthma severity.
- Quick Reference of the NAEPP Report - 2002 Update
National Asthma Education & Prevention Program; National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Key asthma topics updated with recommendations for clinical practice.
- Practical Guide for the Diagnosis & Management of Asthma
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
Concise manual to help implement the NAEPP clinical practice guidelines. Contains charts, assessment forms and patient handouts. This guide outlines key actions clinicians & patients can take to effectively work together in managing asthma.
- Effective Interventions for Asthma
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Information on effective interventions for asthma control, including methodology for identification of the interventions, results, lessons learned, information on the interventions themselves, a bibliography of reviewed literature, and case studies of two of the interventions.
- Asthma Management Plan Adherence
A practical guide from the National Asthma Council (NAC) in New South Wales, Australia aims to assist those involved in asthma care to understand more about adherence and the factors affecting it, both as a patient issue and an asthma management issue. It has been written to complement the Asthma Management Handbook.
- Pediatric Asthma: Promoting Best Practices
American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
Easily referenced tool for the pediatric practitioner based on the Expert Panel Report. Contains information on assessment, management, pharmacology and patient education material.
- Nurses: Partners in Asthma Care
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Written for and by nurses, this practical guide describes how nurses can establish and maintain partnerships to help patients manage their asthma.
- The Role of the Pharmacist in Improving Asthma Care
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Helps pharmacists identify ways that they can actively participate on the asthma care team. Written by pharmacists, it contains practical guidance regarding education and information sharing.
- Ethnic Medicine Information (Ethnomed)
University of Washington & Harborview Medical Center
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. Search by "asthma" to find cultural profiles about asthma beliefs and health education materials in different languages.
- Pediatric Asthma: Promoting Best Practices
American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology
Easily referenced tool for the pediatric practitioner based on the Expert Panel Report. Contains information on assessment, management, pharmacology and patient education material.
- Click here to find out what the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is doing about asthma in different states for children and adolescents.
- Asthma Management in Minority Children: Practical Insights for Clinicians, Researchers and Public Health Planners
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Provides a mechanism for sharing the experiences of five investigators in developing asthma management interventions.
- Considerations for Diagnosing & Managing Asthma in the Elderly
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
A companion to the NAEPP Guidelines that addresses complex management issues.
- Report on Asthma During Pregnancy
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Working group report on pathogenesis, physiology, asthma drugs in pregnancy and special considerations. Includes patient handouts, educational & management strategies.
- Work-Related Asthma
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Under the Reportable Conditions Rule (WAC 246-101), all health care providers and health care facilities are required to report cases of work-related asthma.
- America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens and Illnesses (in Adobe PDF)
Environmental Protection Agency
Released 2/2003, this report explores in detail the progress made in the United States to reduce environmental risks faced by children and the work that still needs to be done to protect children's health.
Promoting and improving asthma care
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- A Speaker's Kit for Healthcare Professionals
National Center for Environmental Health; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
A seven-part presentation with 62 PowerPoint slides, covering such topics as epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, management and public health response.
- National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Information on asthma learning collaboratives taking place throughout the country. Patient & provider materials available.
- Asthma Education Certification
National Asthma Educator Board
Application, cost, administration, and registration information including candidate handbook and detailed content outline.
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