Resources

These links and resources are provided for information purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of either the organizations or the content on an organization’s web pages.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Health Information: Asthma

  National Institutes of Health

  http://health.nih.gov/topic/Asthma

• National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp

• Asthma – Help with Treatment Decisions

  American Lung Association

  http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=38472

• Seniors and Asthma

  American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

  http://www.aaaai.org/patients/seniorsandasthma

• Children’s Health Protection – Fast Facts on Children’s Environmental Health

  United States Environmental Protection Agency

  http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/fastfacts.htm

• Estimates of Funding for Various Diseases, Conditions, Research Areas

  National Institutes of Health

  http://www.nih.gov/news/fundingresearchareas.htm

• America Breathing Easier

  CDC’s National Asthma Control Program

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

• Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality: United States, 2003-05

  National Center for Health Statistics

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/ashtma03-05/asthma03-05.htm

• Healthy People 2010: Objectives for Improving Health (Section 24 – Respiratory Diseases)

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health

  http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/HTML/Volume2/24Respiratory.htm#_Toc489704825

• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006

  National Center for Health Statistics

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf

• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006

  National Center for Health Statistics

  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_234.pdf

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007

  National Health Statistics Reports

  http://nccam.nih.gov/news/2008/nhsr12.pdf

• Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality

  American Lung Association

  http://www.lungusa.org/atf/cf/%7B7a8d42c2-fcca-4604-8ade-7f5d5e762256%7D/ASTHMA%20JAN%202009.PDF

• Air Pollution and Respiratory Health

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/links.htm