Education/Outreach Materials

This 24 page, spiral-bound children's book tells the story of living with asthma through simple words and colorful pictures.

This book can be used in:

 • Teaching both children and adults how to manage their asthma

• Group settings, such as schools, childcare centers, libraries, hospitals, and doctor offices

• One-on-one settings, such as meetings with asthma educators, community health outreach workers, and with friends or family members

This book is available in both large (14x11.5) and small (8.5x11) sizes.

• Large books are perfect for physician waiting rooms and childcare centers.
• Small books are perfect for clinician exam rooms and asthma educators.

Coco has a problem. He’s a chameleon, but he can’t change colors, and his asthma is acting up. Read how Coco and his friends at Lizard Lick Elementary solve this mystery as they learn about air quality and how to stay healthy when the air quality is bad. This book is for all children, especially those with asthma, and their caretakers. Ages 4-8.

This workshop was designed to help health care professionals enhance the quality of care they deliver by educating them about specific environmental asthma triggers and how they affect asthma outcomes as well as the appropriate remediation strategies.  The program also provides HCPs with information about the local resources that their patients may find useful such as asthma education classes, tenants rights and human services resources, pest control, community-level advocacy (ie. reducing neighborhood diesel idling), air quality monitor tools, etc.

By improving HCPs knowledge of the environmental issues and the wide variety of strategies for reducing exposure they can provide more comprehensive care, are more likely to communicate these issues to their patients, and are better equipped to provide meaningful information to their patients that will increase the patient and families capacity for successful self management.  

Please contact the Clean Air Council if you would like your office or clinic to receive this training workshop or would like any relevant information, hand-outs, triggers checklist, etc.