Reference Guide

Quick reference card for health care providers on comprehensive asthma care

Asthma resource list with clinical guidelines, toolkits, mobile technology asthma resources, multimedia and multilingual patient education resources for low literacy and limited English proficient populations and smoking cessation tools.

Asthma Information Educators

Produced by the California asthma program, "California Breathing," in the California Department of Public Health, this guidance addresses both clinical asthma management and environmental triggers.

Simple steps you can take to create a healthier school environment for students living with asthma.

Creating an asthma friendly school environment can help students with asthma fully participate in all school activities and have the best chance at academic success. This booklet details seven simple steps toward creating an asthma friendly school.

Starting in October 2010, the Montana Asthma Control Program convened researchers, clinicians, environmental health experts and other asthma partners from around the state to review the evidence related to asthma triggers and their health impact in Montana. The result is the consensus paper, An Overview of Environmental Asthma Triggers in Montana.

The paper summarizes clinical and policy recommendations, patient resources, and research needs related to asthma in Montana.

Here in one location, you can find resources including clinical guidelines, patient education and self-management materials, policy briefs, asthma reports, clinical toolkits, mobile technology and asthma information, and smoking cessation and tobacco materials.

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 is often under-diagnosed and under-treated in primary care. The Colorado Asthma Toolkit Program was initiated to establish a method for improving asthma care by providing to primary care practices coaching, training, and support for (1) evidence-based asthma diagnosis and treatment, and (2)
education and activation of patients toward effective self-management of their illness.