Asthma

Asthma

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Approximately 5 million children under the age of 18 have asthma. Each year these children experience restricted daily activities - attending school, playing, and participating in sports. *


American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
Treating Asthma. Fact Sheet.
http://www.aaaai.org/patients/resources/fact_sheets/treating_asthma.pdf

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University.

School Children with Asthma. 2002. 
www.healthinschools.org/Educators-and-Families/Parents/Learn-
Now/Asthma/School Children with Asthma.aspx
 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Updated Guidelines for Diagnosis, Management of Asthma. 2002.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm

Asthma at School

American Lung Association.
Asthma: Facts, Medicines, Open Airways for Schools, Home Control of Allergies and Asthma.
http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/living-with-asthma/take-control-of-your-asthma/

More Info

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools,
George Washington University.

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action. 2002.
http://www.healthinschools.org/ejournal/2002/june02_1.htm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. CDC.
Trends in Childhood Asthma. Summary of Recent Data.
Health and Health Care in Schools E-Journal, September 2002.
http://www.healthinschools.org/ejournal/2002/sep02_4.htm


*Fact Box Reference

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, School Children with Asthma, 2002.
On the web at www.healthinschools.org/sh/asthma.asp