Childhood Asthma

National Organizations


Center for Disease Control:  National Asthma Control Program

http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/NACP.htm

Description:  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created its National Asthma Control Program in 1999 to help reduce the burden of asthma through effective control of the disease. The goals of the program are to reduce the number of deaths, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, school or workdays missed, and limitations on activity due to asthma.

Information available: Clinical Guidelines, Action plan, Data and surveillance, legislation and policy, reports on childhood Asthma.


The Community Guide

http://www.thecommunityguide.org/asthma/index.html

Description: The Guide to Community Preventive Services is a resource that provides information on programs and policies to improve health and prevent disease in communities. Systematic reviews available are used to determine effective program and policy interventions, effective interventions for different communities and information on the cost of effective interventions as well as the likely return on investment.

Information Available: Home-based multi-trigger, multicomponent interventions , Recommendation and rationale statement for review of interventions for children and adolescents, Recommendation and rationale statement for review of interventions for adults , Supporting materials


Merck Childhood Asthma Network

http://www.merck.com/corporate-responsibility/access/access-developed/access-us-partnerships/asthma/asthma-mcan-home.html

Description:  The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc., (MCAN), is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established to address the complex and growing problem of pediatric asthma in the United States. Funded by The Merck Company Foundation, the mission of MCAN is to support and advance evidence-based programs that improve the quality of life for children with asthma and their families and to reduce, through dissemination of effective interventions, the burden of the disease on them and society.

Information available: Grant opportunities, asthma information, evidence-based treatment and prevention models


Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network

http://www.asthma-carenet.org/

Description: The  Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network was established in 1999 by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to evaluate treatments for children with asthma.  Over the next five years, the CARE Network will conduct several studies for children with asthma and share their findings with the health care community.

Information available: Clinical; trials, Clinical centers and satellite centers, publications and abstracts.


American Lung Association: Open Airways for Schools

http://www.lungusa.org/site/c.dvLUK9O0E/b.22782/

Description: Open Airways for Schools is the American Lung Association's elementary-school education program for children with asthma. Open Airways teaches children with asthma to understand and manage their illness so they can lead more normal lives. A key part of the program is American Lung Association's facilitation of asthma-care partnerships involving school nurses and educational staff as well as physicians, families and Lung Association volunteers.

Information available: Asthma management, Information on asthma and allergy, causes, symptoms, triggers of Asthma


Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Office of Children's Health Protection (OCHP)
yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/

Description: The EPA established the OCHP in May 1997 to make the protection of children's health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States. OCHP supports and facilitates EPA efforts to protect children's health from environmental threats.

Information Available: Background and activities of the OCHP; potential environmental hazards; related health topics; tips to protect children (available in Spanish); news stories; relevant EPA activities; a searchable database on the potential hazards that exist in the places where children live, learn and play; publications; grants management activities; links to federal task forces and committees on environmental topics that impact children's health.

 

Missouri Resources


Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DSS)

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/asthma/

Description: The Department of Health andSenior Services serves the citizens of Missouri by working to improve the health and quality of life for Missourians of all ages.By providing information and education; effective regulation and oversight; quality services and surveillance of diseases and conditions, the department seeks to address these factors and fulfill its vision of healthy Missourians for life.The department is organized into three programmatic divisions: Community and Public Health, Regulation and Licensure and Senior and Disability Services.

Information Available: Information on asthma, Statewide services, publications, data and statistical reports


St. Louis Regional Asthma Consortium

http://www.asthma-stlouis.org/

Description: St. Louis Regional Asthma Consortium is a collaboration of diverse agencies and individuals dedicated to reducing asthma morbidity and improving the quality of life for people with asthma in the St. Louis area.

Information Available: Asthma facts, resources for schools and pre-schools, information on local asthma outreach organizations, asthma articles, reports and professional publications, asthma friendly pharmacies, information on smoking prevention and cessation.


Chris Draft Family Foundation

http://www.chrisdraftfamilyfoundation.org/about

Description: The Foundation focuses on seven primary initiatives with overarching themes that stress the importance of education, healthy lifestyles, character development, personal responsibility, self-discipline and physical fitness.  The Foundation seeks partnerships with local and national community health organizations, school districts and non-profits across the country, striving to empower and uplift communities by educating and equipping families to make healthier choices.

Information available: Information on Asthma team and programs on tackling asthma

Reports and Publications


Pediatric asthma http://search.mo.gov/search?site=dhss&output=xml_no_dtd&client=dhss&num=10&proxystylesheet=dhss&q=childhood+asthma&submit.x=0&submit.y=0


Missouri School Asthma Manual

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/asthma/AsthmaManual/


Occupational Asthma

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/asthma/RelatedLinks.html


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