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Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers Archived Training Webinar, hosted by the Children's Environmental Health Network and the National Environmental Education Foundation

Wee Breathers™ is a very flexible and interactive program designed for asthma educators to reach families of pre-school-age children with asthma in their homes or in child care settings. The program consists of 7 one-hour lessons, two checklists for identifying asthma triggers in the home & in child care centers, and an instructor guide.

Effective January 1, 2014, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services is changing Medicaid regulations regarding which types of providers can be reimbursed for providing preventative services to Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries. This Question & Answer document explains how this important Medicaid change will impact coverage of the community-based interventions for low-income children with asthma.

The Boston Asthma Home Visit Collaborative provides free home visits to help families with asthma. During these home visits, they help families improve their living situations and the entire family's understanding of asthma.
For more information visit www.bphc.org/BAHVC

A commentary on the Breathe Easy At Home web-based referral system.

This form focuses on environmental triggers and was developed as an initial intake tool specifically for children already diagnosed with asthma.

Quick reference card for health care providers on comprehensive asthma care

These guidelines are aimed at integrating environmental management of asthma into pediatric health care. These documents outline competencies in environmental health relevant to pediatric asthma that should be mastered by health care providers, and outlines the environmental interventions that should be communicated to patients. The interventions solutions are organized by environmental triggers.

Study Finds Trained Pediatricians Are Willing to Integrate Environmental Management into Asthma Care

Use-Inhalers.com is an educational website for Patients and Professionals that teaches proper use of inhalers in an engaging, interactive way with new webcam technology of real time practice available online, iPhone and iPad.