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Potentially Effective
Interventions for Asthma
Control of asthma
requires appropriate diagnosis, effective use of medications, knowledge
and understanding of the causes and consequences of the disease, and
modifications of environmental exposures and behaviors that may
negatively impact the disease. In addition to what occurs in the
clinician’s office, a number of interventions have been demonstrated to
be potentially effective in improving asthma control and are generally
implemented in community settings with groups of people who have asthma.
This site provides
information on potentially effective interventions for asthma control,
including methodology for identification of the interventions, results,
lessons learned, information on the interventions themselves, a
bibliography of reviewed literature, and case studies of several
interventions.
What is the
purpose of this site?
Sifting through the
large number of publications on asthma interventions and identifying
those potentially effective is a time- consuming and exacting task. The
information on this site can help you with that task. This information
is provided for your use; however, there is no endorsement by CDC of any
of the interventions or information on the site.
Who might find
this information useful:
- Medical clinic,
public health, and school personnel who work with people with asthma.
- Members of state
or community asthma coalitions
How to use the information:
- All users should
read the short background section in order to understand the material
on the site.
- If interested only
in interventions for specific age groups or specific intervention
locations (e.g. schools), go to the section “Information on
Potentially Effective Interventions”, select the target population of
interest, and, then, the intervention location of interest. Summaries
of published effective intervention research are provided.
- If interested in
knowing what literature was examined for inclusion as a potentially
effective intervention, select “Bibliography of Reviewed Literature”.
- If interested in
details of specific effective interventions that have been implemented
in community settings, select the specific case study of interest.
Background
Information on Potentially Effective
Interventions
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