For Professionals
DC Asthma
Action Plan:
Download DC's new standard
Asthma Action Plan form for children
and adults endorsed by the DC Department of Health.
Available in English and Spanish, and as a customizable computer-based form,
the Asthma Action Plan includes copies to share with
schools, childcare providers, nursing homes, and other caregivers. It also
fulfills the requirements for student self-administration of asthma
medication under DC's
Student Access
to Treatment Act of 2007. The National
Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute's 2007 revised
Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
recommends that all children and adults with asthma have a written asthma
action/management plan, developed jointly with their healthcare provider.
Training and Certification:
Physician Asthma Care Education (PACE) Program (NCAC)
Asthma &
Allergy Essentials for Child Care Providers© (AAFA)
National Asthma Educator Certification Board
Medscape - Allergy & Clinical Immunology (CME/CE programs)
Clinical Practice
Guidelines:
CDC Influenza Vaccination Recommendations
National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information for Health Professionals
American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI clinical guidelines and
tools)
Key Allergy and Asthma Organizations:
Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Lung Association
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Latest News,
Articles,
and
Research:
Environews by
Topic: Asthma (Journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences)
GOOGLE
Asthma News
GOOGLE SCHOLAR Articles
Medline Plus-Asthma
(National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
PubMed
(National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
YAHOO Asthma News
Asthma Speaker
Kits:
Asthma in America
(GlaxoSmithKline)
Asthma
Speaker's Kit for Health Care Professionals (CDC)
Kit de presentación sobre el asma para profesionales de la salud (CDC)
Children & Asthma in America
(GlaxoSmithKline)
2006 Teaching Slide Set
(Global Initiative for Asthma)
Prescription
Assistance
Programs:
Center for Medicare & Medicaid
Services - includes information on signing up for Medicare prescription
drug coverage. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
DC Pharmaceutical Resource Center or 202-772-4332 (Catholic Charities
of the Archdiocese of Washington)
MedBank of Maryland
-
a non-profit organization dedicated to accessing
free prescription drugs for low-income, chronically ill Marylanders, from
the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Partnership for Prescription
Assistance or 1-888-4PPA-NOW (1-888-477-2669)
- a national program sponsored by
America's pharmaceutical research companies to help patients in need access
prescription medicines.
Coalitions and
Collaborative Partnerships:
Allies Against Asthma
- Asthma Health Outcomes Project, asthma products and resources,
coalitions.
CDC/NCEH Asthma Web page and State
Grantees
EPA Indoor Air Quality
Major Asthma Data Tracking
Systems
American Lung Association
(various reports and fact sheets)
Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (CDC)
FastStats - Asthma
(CDC/NCHS)
Policy and Legislation:
AANMA Breathe At School
(state and federal laws, poster, school kit)
Asthma-Related State Legislation and Statutes Database (National Conference
of State Legislatures)
Improving Childhood
Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action available for
free download in pdf format.
(RAND)
Environment:
Alliance for Healthy Homes
American Lung Association (Air Quality)
Children’s Environmental Health Network
Clean Air Partners (Metropolitan
Washington Council of Governments)
Coalition for Environmentally Safe Communities
BreatheEasy DC (American Cancer
Society Cancer Action Network)
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids -
initiatives, fact sheets, media, reports, Kick Butts Day.
DC
Department of Health Air Quality Division
DC
Department of Health Tobacco Control Program
DC Tobacco Free Families Campaign
Lead Safe DC/National Nursing Centers Consortium
Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment
National Safety Council
Smokefree DC - advocates for smokefree
air for Washington workers
Medical and Allied
Health Organizations:
Allergy & Asthma Disease
Management Center (AAAAI)
Allergy and
Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.
American
Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American
Academy of Family Physicians
American
Academy of Pediatrics
American
Academy of Physician Assistants
American
Association of Respiratory Care
American Medical Association
American College of Chest
Physicians
American College of
Physicians
American
Association for Respiratory Care
American
Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
American
College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American
College of Chest Physicians
American
College of Emergency Physicians
American Lung Association
American
Medical Association
APhA Foundation
American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists
American
Thoracic Society
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Health Promotion and Public
Health Education
Asthma and
Allergy Foundation of America
European
Federation of Asthma and Allergy Associations
Global
Initiative for Asthma
Immune Deficiency
Foundation
National Asthma Education & Prevention Program
National Black Nurses
Association
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
National
Medical Association
National
School Boards Association
Office of
Minority Health Resource Center
Society for
Public Health Education
Government Agencies:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Environmental
Protection Agency
Medline Plus-Asthma
(National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)
National Center for Environmental
Health
National Center for Health Statistics
National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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