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Featured Projects

Asthma Here partners with community leaders who are dedicated to improving the lives of people with asthma. We recommend and promote the use of proven strategies via partnerships with nurses, teachers, physicians, parents, principals, hospital administrators, and public health officials. Projects awaiting your leadership are presented here.

Sport Coaches Training

Children with asthma are encouraged to be active. They are members of baseball, soccer, basketball and other sport teams. In fact, 22% of the 1998 US Winter Olympic team had asthma. Coaches must know how to manage the athlete with asthma ... Olympian or little leaguer.

Partnering with Parents

Children spend approximately half of their awake time at school. An asthma action plan is the foundation for successful asthma management and good communication between parents/guardians and school nurses.

School Asthma Improvement Recommendations

School policies can have a significant impact on the management of children with asthma. To help leaders assess and improve school health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed an asthma module for the school health index, a nationally recognized best practice for improving school health. 

Indoor Environment Assessment

Environmental triggers play a significant role in the management of asthma. They are often overlooked or unnoticed in homes by even the most diligent patients, parents and caregivers. Using a checklist developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a thorough review of a home’s indoor environment can detect hidden triggers and enhance asthma knowledge of patients, parents and caregivers.

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