Fact Sheet

Asthma Triggers: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, Doctors, and Nurses is a free e-book about reducing asthma triggers and the links between asthma and air pollution. In English and Spanish.

It’s time to overcome the heavy burden of childhood asthma. Although we don’t have all the pieces of the childhood asthma puzzle, we know enough to better manage this chronic condition and help millions of families across America.

Asthma education and resources to help you care for preschool children with asthma (PPTs, fact sheets, videos, curriculum, etc...)

Usar limpiadores no tóxicos es una manera muy buena para limpiar su casa y controlar el asma.

Easy, inexpensive, non-polluting suggestions for cleaning the home with non-toxic cleaners to decrease asthma triggers.

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

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.

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.

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.

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