Education on Asthma Self-Management
Information For Public Health Professionals
This strategy is represented by the first “E” in EXHALE. The six strategies in EXHALE can have the greatest impact when used together in every community.
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
Education on asthma self-management (AS-ME) is part of EXHALE, a set of six strategies used by CDC’s National Asthma Control Program and its partners to help Americans with asthma.
Education on asthma self-management can:
- Improve medication adherence among people with asthma;
- Reduce asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations;
- Decrease missed school or work days because of asthma; and
- Reduce healthcare costs.
AS-ME includes education people with asthma and their families to:
- Use asthma medications correctly;
- Reduce exposures to asthma triggers such as cockroaches or mold; and
- Manage their condition when asthma symptoms worsen.
AS-ME can be delivered in various settings, including clinics, EDs, hospitals, pharmacies, schools, and homes.
Nurses, certified asthma educators, community health workers, and others can deliver AS-ME.
Education on asthma self-management (AS-ME) is part of EXHALE, a set of six strategies used by CDC’s National Asthma Control Program and its partners to help Americans with asthma.
Education on asthma self-management can:
- Improve medication adherence among people with asthma;
- Reduce asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations;
- Decrease missed school or work days because of asthma; and
- Reduce healthcare costs.
AS-ME includes education people with asthma and their families to:
- Use asthma medications correctly;
- Reduce exposures to asthma triggers such as cockroaches or mold; and
- Manage their condition when asthma symptoms worsen.
AS-ME can be delivered in various settings, including clinics, EDs, hospitals, pharmacies, schools, and homes.
Nurses, certified asthma educators, community health workers, and others can deliver AS-ME.
This strategy is represented by the first “E” in EXHALE. The six strategies in EXHALE can have the greatest impact when used together in every community.
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 more about how AS-ME can help children and adults with asthma: https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/exhale/
