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This guide is meant to help childcare providers improve the indoor air quality at their centers
by providing information on harmful indoor air and how to achieve a healthy environment.

AANMA staff interviewed former NFL player Chris Draft for the September issue of the MA Report. In the article, titled “Your Asthma Game Plan: A team effort”,

What makes a school asthma friendly? A school is more asthma friendly when all staff work together to provide a safe and healthy school environment to reduce asthma triggers throughout the school. Learn about PACNJ's Asthma Friendly School Award Program, visit WWW.PACNJ.ORG

Here is our latest Asthma Treatment Plan designed especially for students!

Attention Child Care Providers and Administrators!

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

Findings from the Washington Heights/Inwood Network (WIN) for Asthma program were featured in an online article of the American Journal of Public Health. The article, "Community Health Workers as Drivers of a Successful Community-Based Disease Management Initiative," points to the importance of community health workers in bridging gaps in care, providing culturally appropriate education and services and connecting families to the best clinical and social resources for those most in need.

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

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 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.