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New asthma videos are available on the American Lung Association's YouTube channel.
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, Community Setting, Education/Outreach Materials, Health Care Setting, Home/Housing, Other, School
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A stand-alone learning module that teaches the basics of asthma management, including how to handle asthma episodes and breathing emergencies.
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, Community Setting, Day Care, Education/Outreach Materials, Health Care Setting, Other, School
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This online toolkit was designed to outline strategies and provide supporting resources to help community advocates as they address asthma policy in housing and school environments.
Asthma Friendly Policies, Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, Home/Housing, Website, School
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Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; the Eunice Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; the Merck Childhood Asthma Network; the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and the US Environmental Protection Agency
English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Program Management/Evaluation, Website, Quality Improvement, Other
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Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: Steps for Success is a free online curriculum designed to give property managers, residents and public health advocates the knowledge and skills they need to enact smokefree air policies in multi-unit housing properties such as apartments and condomiums across the nation.
Asthma Friendly Policies, Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, CD-ROM/Computer Program, Community Setting, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Fact Sheet, Home/Housing, Program Management/Evaluation, Protocol, Website, Quality Improvement
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The report establishes recommendations for bleach-free sanitizers and disinfectants that are safer for asthma; and recommendations regarding safer practices for using bleach. The goal of these recommendations and suggestions--which include specific training needs for management, staff and parents--is to encourage the sustainability of best practices while protecting the health of child care workers and the children served.
Asthma Friendly Policies, English, Day Care, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Protocol, Website, School
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This review identifies economic values of home-based, multi-trigger, multi-component interventions with an environmental focus and presents ranges for the main economic outcomes (e.g., program costs, benefit-cost ratios and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios).
English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Program Management/Evaluation, Other
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The US EPA offers a School Flag Program to raise awareness about air quality conditions by raising flags in front of schools during the week. This lets students, parents, school personnel and the community know what the level of air pollution is for that day, and whether they need to adjust their activities to reduce their exposure to air pollution to stay healthy.
Community Setting, English, Education/Outreach Materials, Fact Sheet, Training Materials, Training/Educational Kit, School
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Ozone and Your Patients' Health is a short, evidence-based training course designed for family practice doctors, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, asthma educators and other medical professionals who counsel patients about asthma and respiratory symptoms.
English, Education/Outreach Materials, Health Care Setting, Training Materials, Training/Educational Kit
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For the fourth year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has released its annual report assessing all 50 states and the District of Columbia on their leadership and progress on school-based policies that address student asthma and allergy health in more than 100,000 elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S. The goal of this report is to identify state-level progress towards better school-based policies, and to provide a blueprint for asthma and allergy advocates nationwide. Does your state make the grade when it comes to school asthma & allergy policies? Full results, including an interactive map, detailed state profiles and charts, are available at www.StateHonorRoll.org For more information contact Liana Burns at liana@aafa.org or 202-466-7643 ext. 252
Asthma Care Plan/Action Plan, Asthma Friendly Policies, Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Fact Sheet, Environmental Assessment/Checklist, Reference Guide, Protocol, Website, School
