Asthma Program Manager

The 2005 report, Ethnic Disparities in the Burden and Treatment of Asthma, co-authored by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and the National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC), finds that the burden of asthma falls disproportionately on the black and Hispanic—largely Puerto Rican—populations in the U.S., and especially on minority children. These groups have disproportionately high rates of poor asthma outcomes, including hospitalizations and deaths.

Allied health professionals earn continuing education credits by taking this course which is structured around NAEPP’s “Four Components of Asthma Management” and contains 12 modules of self-paced study. Completing the course will expand your knowledge of these four components which include: information on assessment and monitoring, control of environmental factors, pharmacologic management, and patient education. Course content conforms with the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) 2007 Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.

Reproducible fact sheets for patients on 50 asthma and allergy topics. Information is written in a patient-friendly question and answer format and packaged in a durable binder for easy storage and use. Some topics include: adult onset of asthma; childhood asthma; food allergies; latex allergy; asthma medications; anti-IgE therapy for asthma, gastroesophageal reflux disease and obesity. The appendix provides an extensive list of helpful web sites with additional information for patients and caregivers on health insurance, prescription assistance, clinical trials, healthy homes and more.