EXHALE Strategies to Help People with Asthma Breathe Easier

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Strategies to Help People with Asthma Breathe Easier

Asthma is a common chronic disease, which can be worsened by environmental asthma triggers. Asthma costs the nation more that $82 billion in medical costs, missed school and work days, and early deaths. Asthma cannot be cured, but it can be controlled.

Public health professionals can use EXHALE to improve the health of people with asthma, by providing support or services to healthcare providers, people with asthma and their families, schools, and others.

Each of the EXHALE strategies is proven to reduce asthma-related hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and healthcare costs.

EXHALE

CDC’s National Asthma Control Program developed EXHALE, a set of six strategies that each contribute to better asthma control:

Education
on asthma self-management

X-tinguishing
smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke

Home
visits for trigger reduction and asthma self-management education

Achievement
of guidelines-based medical management

Linkages
and coordination of care across settings

Environmental
policies or best practices to reduce asthma triggers from indoor, outdoor, or occupational sources

Learn how public health professionals can use EXHALE to improve asthma control in their community: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/exhale