Public Health Professionals

The following Web pages offer information about public health issues regarding asthma.

 

CDC Resources

Asthma: A Presentation of Asthma Management and Prevention

(Slide Presentation and Speaker Notes)
This 75-slide presentation depicts the pathophysiology of asthma; prevalence, mortality, and morbidity measures at the national level; risk factors; medical management; and the public health response needed to successfully fight asthma.

CDC Program Evaluation

On this page you will find resources for planning and implementing program evaluation including the CDC National Asthma Control Program’s Learning & Growing through Evaluation: State Asthma Program Evaluation Guide (May 2010), CDC Evaluation Working Group—Framework for Program Evaluation, and Introduction to Program Evaluation for Public Health Programs: A Self-Study Guide (August 2005).

Office on Public Health Genomics (OPHG)

Advances in asthma genomics are occurring rapidly. Although these advances have not yet caused a change in the methods of asthma prevention, diagnosis, or treatment, new strategies to prevent and manage asthma are likely to be developed within the near future.

Home-based Multi-trigger, Multi-component Environmental Interventions

Interventions that target a wide variety of asthma triggers through home visits are beneficial in improving asthma outcomes. CDC scientists and the Task Force on Community Preventive Services systematically reviewed the evidence of effectiveness of home-based multi-trigger multi-component environmental interventions in improving asthma-related morbidity. Findings from this review indicate that home-based multi-trigger, multi-component, interventions with an environmental focus are effective in improving overall quality of life and productivity in children with asthma.

Government Departments, Agencies, and Resources

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP)
  

  The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program works with other groups, including major medical associations, voluntary health organizations, and community programs, to educate patients, health professionals, and the public. This site contains information about the program, educational resources, and the Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

This site provides support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent asthma.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

This institute coordinates and supports research on environmental health sciences and provides resources.

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

The National Library of Medicine, the largest online medical library, provides health information, library services, research programs, and general information related to topics such as asthma.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—Asthma Page

EPA informs people about the environment and develops and enforces regulations about the environment. Its mission is to protect human health and the environment. Visit this Web site to learn about EPA’s Asthma Education Campaigns to promote asthma awareness in your community and the EPA National Environmental Leadership Awards.

Other U.S. Organizations and Resources

American Academy of Pediatrics

This site offers information to help you learn more about childhood asthma and allergies.

• State of Childhood Asthma and Future Directions: Strategies for Implementing Best Practices. Pediatrics 2009;123;S129–214. Available at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/vol123/Supplement_3/.
  Accessed: July 1, 2009.

Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP)

This organization works with medical directors, quality improvement staff, and other health plan officials to improve the health care system and the lives of people in the communities they serve. The site provides background information about the intervention "Asthma Intervention for Inter-City Children."

Allies Against Asthma (Allies)

Allies Against Asthma, a program of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, was a national initiative to improve asthma control for children and adolescents. This site provides tools and resources that may be useful to other asthma coalitions and programs addressing asthma.

American’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Sponsored by America’s Health Insurance Plans, Taking on Asthma is a national program to improve the quality of care provided to people with asthma and enhance their quality of life. AHIP offers resources and tools that may be useful to health insurance plans to improve the overall quality of asthma care.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)

This organization formulates and influences public health policy to ensure excellence in state-based public health practice.

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS)

This site provides information about the Improving Asthma Care for Children initiative to improve the management of pediatric asthma in high-risk recipients of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs under managed care.

Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments Network

EPA supports this network in partnership with Allies Against Asthma, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It provides community-based asthma programs with a platform for real-time learning that can drive ongoing improvement of asthma care.

• Resource Bank
  Find valuable asthma-related materials and resources to assist your program or coalition.
• Webinar Series
  Learn knowledge and information from leading experts and asthma-management program leaders from across the country.

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure—Executive Summary is a book that contains information about the role that indoor air pollution plays in asthma causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity.

 

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