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Asthma resources and information for health care professionals
Community Health Worker Guidelines
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- Nurses: Partners in Asthma Care
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Written for and by nurses, this practical guide describes how nurses can establish and maintain partnerships to help patients manage their asthma.
- The Role of the Pharmacist in Improving Asthma Care
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Helps pharmacists identify ways that they can actively participate on the asthma care team. Written by pharmacists, it contains practical guidance regarding education and information sharing.
- Ethnic Medicine Information (Ethnomed)
University of Washington & Harborview Medical Center
The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world. Search by "asthma" to find cultural profiles about asthma beliefs and health education materials in different languages.
- Asthma Management in Minority Children: Practical Insights for Clinicians, Researchers and Public Health Planners
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Provides a mechanism for sharing the experiences of five investigators in developing asthma management interventions.
- Considerations for Diagnosing & Managing Asthma in the Elderly
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
A companion to the NAEPP Guidelines that addresses complex management issues.
- Report on Asthma During Pregnancy
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Working group report on pathogenesis, physiology, asthma drugs in pregnancy and special considerations. Includes patient handouts, educational & management strategies.
- Work-Related Asthma
Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Under the Reportable Conditions Rule (WAC 246-101), all health care providers and health care facilities are required to report cases of work-related asthma.
- America's Children and the Environment: Measures of Contaminants, Body Burdens and Illnesses (PDF)
Environmental Protection Agency
Released 2/2003, this report explores in detail the progress made in the United States to reduce environmental risks faced by children and the work that still needs to be done to protect children's health.
Promoting and improving asthma care
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- Housing Interventions and Control of Asthma-Related Indoor Biologic Agents: A Review of the Evidence
J Public Health Management Practice, 2010, 16(5) E-Supp, S11–S20
- Home is Where the Triggers Are: Increasing Asthma Control by Improving the Home Environment (PDF)
James Krieger, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology. June 2010, 23(2): 139-145. doi:10.1089/ped.2010.0022.
- Breathe Easy Homes
The Breathe Easy Home (BEH) design integrated best practice strategies including the use of local guidelines such as BuiltGreen™ of King and Snohomish Counties and SeaGreen: Greening Seattle's Affordable Housing that make these recommendations specific to the Pacific Coast maritime climate and the needs of the community being served.
- A Speaker's Kit for Healthcare Professionals
National Center for Environmental Health; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
A seven-part presentation with 62 PowerPoint slides, covering such topics as epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, management and public health response.
- Asthma Education Certification
National Asthma Educator Board
Application, cost, administration, and registration information including candidate handbook and detailed content outline.
Patient education materials
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