Day Care Personnel

New asthma videos are available on the American Lung Association's YouTube channel.

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.

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

Luchando por el Aire: The Burden of Asthma on Hispanics is part of the American Lung Association’s Disparities in Lung Health Series of reports, which takes an in-depth look at a specific problem in a specific community.

Pilot Project-Asthma Trigger Poster to use at Head Start and Childcare Centers to help the children identify environmental asthma triggers. Works with the coloring book.

Pilot Project -Parent Training-Environmental Asthma Triggers

Pilot Project-Asthma Childcare Checklist was used during the Head Start and Childcare Center Walkthrough.

Pilot Project- Asthma Triggers Coloring Book to use for children ages 3-5 to identify asthma triggers. Works with the Asthma Triggers Poster.

Pilot Project Pre/Post Assesment Test used.