- Spotlight 1: Asthma’s Impact on the Nation
- Spotlight 2: Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS)
- Spotlight 3: Controlling Asthma in American Cities Project
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse.
Asthma Topics
Asthma Basics
Overview, Brochures, FastStats, Important Triggers, Management & Control
Data & Surveillance
Overview, Asthma Call-back Survey, Asthma State Data Profiles, BRFSS Data, Data Resources/Articles, FastStats, MMWR, NHIS Data, Survey Questions
Interventions
Overview, Community Guide, Potentially Effective Interventions
Related Resources
Asthma & Allergies in the Workplace, Flu & Asthma Control, Multmedia Asthma Messages, Related government departments, agencies, and U.S. organizations
Helping Americans with Asthma
Overview, Airing Asthma’s Story, Legislation & Policy, Tools for Asthma Control
Information for Specific Groups
Overview, Elderly, Healthcare Professionals, Kids, Parents, Public Health Professionals, Researchers, Schools and Childcare Providers, Workplace Health Professionals
Program Evaluation
Overview, Evaluation Guide, Evaluation Webinar
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program
Overview, Contact Information for States and Programs
What’s New…
Acetaminophen and Asthma
Dr. Elizabeth Herman comments on recent questions regarding the use of acetaminophen and either the development of asthma or the severity of asthma symptoms. From CDC’s Expert Commentary Series on Medscape.
NEW VIDEO, DATA, & INFORMATION
CDC’s National Asthma Control Program is a driving force in asthma control.
School Asthma Policies Can Save Lives: Learn how CDC's National Asthma Control Program supports laws allowing children to carry medication at school.
Helping Americans Gain Asthma Control: Read how one CDC-funded home-based asthma case management program changed a child's life and gave his family the skills to keep him healthy.
Read more about ways we are Helping Americans Breathe Easier
Read our Newest Journal Articles
Our recently published findings support state and local asthma interventions, particularly self-management education and comprehensive, home-based interventions including the reduction of multiple indoor asthma triggers:
Public Health Interventions for Asthma: An Umbrella Review, 1990–2010, or view its accompanying Video and PubcastTo read more of our recent research and documents, visit What’s New.
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