Asthma Initiative

Information for Health Care Providers

Guidelines

• • NHLBI Guidelines
  • Do You Follow the NHLBI Guidelines?
• • Sample Protocol for "Asthma Check-Ups"
• • Stepwise Approach for Managing Asthma

Training

• • Medical Provider Education
• • "Creating a Medical Home for Asthma"

Patient Education

• • Asthma Action Plan [En Español] [中文]
  • Asthma Action Plan Provider Instructions
  • Asthma Action Plan Printing Instructions
• • Take Charge of Asthma
  • Asthma Action Plan Provider Instructions
  • Take Charge of Asthma Card [En Español]
• • Your Road Map to an Asthma Action Plan [En Español]
• • Your Road Map to a School Medication Form (MAP)

Medication Factsheets

• • Your Asthma Medications [En Español]
• • Anti-Histamines [En Español]
• • Bronchodilators [En Español]
• • Cromolyn Sodium (Intal) [En Español]
• • Inhaled Corticosteroids [En Español]
• • Leukotriene Modifiers [En Español]
• • Long-Acting Beta-Agonists [En Español]
• • Oral Corticosteroids [En Español]

Recent Presentations

• • Asthma Hospitalization Rates by Age and Gender, New York City 1997 – 2000