Managing Asthma:  A Guide for Schools

This guide is intended to assist schools that are planning and/or maintaining an asthma management program. This guide provides followup steps for schools that currently identify students with asthma through health forms or emergency cards or plan to do so. It is designed to offer practical information to school staff members of every position.

Asthma is one of the leading causes of school absence due to illness. Approximately 9.2 million children younger than 18 years of age have been diagnosed with asthma in their lifetime; 3.2 million or approximately 6 percent of children ages 5 to 17 had an asthma episode (attack) in the preceding year (2001 NHIS data).* School staff members can play an important role in helping students with asthma manage their disease at school. 36 pages. NIH Publication No. 02-2650.

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