Asthma

CDC

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)'s Case Studies in Environmental Medicine: Environmental Triggers of Asthma
  
  

• Bam! Body and Mind Kids' Page

  • Disease Detectives: Dr. Asthma

  • Fit for Life: Don’t Let Asthma Keep You Out of the Game
    
    

• National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Division of Adolescent and School Health Risk Behaviors and Health Topics Web Site
  
  

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)'s Asthma and Allergies Web site
  
  

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Non-CDC

• Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics
  AANMA, a national nonprofit network of families, offers information about living with allergies and asthma.
  
  
• Alliance of Community Health Plans
  • Asthma Intervention for Inner-City Children
    This site provides background information about the intervention.
    
    
• Allies Against Asthma
  • Allies Against Asthma Resource Bank
    This is a centralized system for sharing information about tools and materials that may be useful to coalitions and community programs addressing asthma.
    
    
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
  • Taking on Asthma
    This site provides information about an initiative to reduce the negative health consequences associated with asthma.
    
    
• America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) (formerly American Association of Health Plans or AAHP)
  • Taking on Asthma
    This site provides information about an initiative to reduce the negative health consequences associated with asthma.
    
    
• American Lung Association's Asthma Site
  ALA provides information about asthma and older people, teens and asthma, asthma medicines and attacks, peak flow meters, and home control of allergies and asthma.
  
  
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
  AAFA provides information about asthma and allergy education, advocacy, and research.
  
  
• Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
  CHCS directs national programs on behalf of two major health care philanthropies: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • Improving Asthma Care for Children Program
    
    
• Institute of Medicine
  • Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure
    This book provides information about the role that indoor air pollution plays in asthma causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity.
    
    
• National Association of State Boards of Education
  • State-Level School Health Policies
    This site includes information on state legal codes, rules, standards, administrative orders, mandates, and resolutions, and links to additional resources.
    

• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
  NCSL is a bipartisan, national forum for state lawmakers to communicate with one another and to share ideas on various topics, including asthma.
  • Asthma Web Resources
    This site includes links to policy briefs on asthma, analyses of state legislation, and a searchable database of state legislation and statutes.
  • Asthma: A Growing Epidemic (Environmental Health Series, 2000)
  • State Policies Regarding Student Rights to Possess & Self-Administer Prescribed Medications for Asthma & Anaphylaxis
    
    
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
    This site provides information about the program and about asthma according to target audience.
  • Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
    
    
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  NIAID provides support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent asthma.
  
  
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)'s Asthma and Allergies Web site
  NIOSH is the arm of CDC that conducts research and makes recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury. This site provides information on occupational asthma and allergies.
  
  
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
  NLM, the largest online medical library, provides health information, library services, research programs, and general information related to topics such as asthma.
  
  
• PBS Kids All About Asthma
  This site helps children learn what asthma is, what can trigger asthma attacks, and how to stay active and healthy if they have asthma.
  
  
• Quest for the Code: An Adventure Game About Managing Asthma for Children
  This site provides information on a free CD-ROM created to help children ages 7 to 15 learn how to manage their asthma.
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Asthma and Indoor Environments
    This document provides information on how to reduce common asthma triggers in the home and other indoor environments.
  • Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers (PDF)
    This document provides information on how to eliminate asthma triggers in the home and how to reduce symptoms in children.
  • Mold, Moisture and Your Home
    This guide tells how to clean up residential mold problems and prevent mold growth.

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Indoor Air

CDC

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
  Taking An Exposure History
  Procedures and form for measuring toxicants in the home and environment.
   
• Indoor Air Quality Information by State
  This page offers links to offices or programs identified by each state as dealing with indoor air-related health inquiries and general air quality programs.
   
• National Ag Safety Database (NASD)
  Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet: What causes indoor air pollution problems?
   
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Fact Sheet and Resources
  • Indoor Environmental Quality Resources, Web Sites and Books
  • Building Air Quality
    A guide for building owners and facility managers to prevent indoor air quality problems.
  • Building Air Quality: Action Plan
    An action plan to be used with the above guide, this outlines developing an IAQ Profile, educating personnel, and managing operations.

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Non-CDC

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  Frequently Asked Questions about Indoor Air Quality
   
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  Listing of Common Indoor Air Pollutants
   
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
  Listing of Indoor Air Quality Publications
   

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Outdoor Air

CDC

• National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH)
  Environmental Health Primer (PDF)
  This publication addresses the provision of adequate public health services in communities, including protecting a community from environmental health risks.
   
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  Statistical data on air quality and environmental health
  FastStats A to Z offers statistical data by state and by subject.
   

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Non-CDC

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • AirNow
    This site offers national air quality information by state and select cities, air quality forecasts and corresponding health effects, ozone maps, air pollution publications, and steps you can take to reduce air pollution.
  • Emissions Inventory Information
    National Emissions Inventories (NEI) for the U.S., emissions inventory resources such as air pollutant emissions trends, codes, guidance and rules, training and publications, and emissions modeling resources.
    
  • National Center for Environmental Research (NCER)
    Abstract: Morbidity and Mortality from Air Pollution in the United States
    
    
• UCLA School of Public Health
  Article on Particulate Air Pollution
   

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