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 | Be sure to also see the page on dust mites, which also cause allergies. Control measures include enclosing the mattress top and sides with a plastic cover or other dust mite impervious cover (available here), thoroughly vacuuming mattress pillows and the base of the bed. Put an airtight plastic or polyurethane cover over your mattress. This tip is number one for a reason: it is in your bed that you are closest to the mites and their feces and enclosing the mattress and pillows in a dust mite cover virtually eliminates the mites here. There is a website, The Allergy Store, that we recommend that sells allergy controls, like the dustmite-proof fitted sheets. Mattresses covered with "fitted sheets" help prevent the accumulation of human skin scales on the surface |
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Allergy and Asthma Network,
Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) AANMA, a national nonprofit network of families, offers information about living with allergies and asthma ...more |
| Allergy Basics Center |
| Alliance of Community Health Plans |
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Asthma Intervention for Inner-City Children
This site provides background information about the intervention ...more |
| Allies Against Asthma |
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Allies Against Asthma
Resource Bank This is a centralized system for sharing information about tools and materials that may be useful to coalitions and community programs addressing asthma ...more |
| American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology |
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Taking on Asthma
This site provides information about an initiative to reduce the negative health consequences associated with asthma ...more |
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 1-800-822-2762 |
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American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology 1-800-842-7777 |
| American Association of Health Plans |
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Taking on Asthma
This site provides information about an initiative to reduce the negative health consequences associated with asthma ...more |
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American Lung Association's
Asthma Site ALA provides information about asthma and older people, teens and asthma, asthma medicines and attacks, peak flow meters, and home control of allergies and asthma. |
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation
of America AAFA provides information about asthma and allergy education, advocacy, and research ...more |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials A new publication from ASTHO’s Environmental Health program is a case study on using educational data for asthma surveillance. The case study titled, "Tracking Childhood Asthma with School Data in Three States," features asthma surveillance programs that have incorporated school-based data into their work. States included in the case study are Connecticut, Maine, and Massachusetts. The case study is available online at http://www.astho.org/pubs/ TrackingChildhoodAsthmawithSchoolDataFeb.2006-final.pdf [PDF, 96 Kb] |
| Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) CHCS directs national programs on behalf of two major health care philanthropies: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Annie E. Casey Foundation. |
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Improving Asthma Care for Children Program
Improving Asthma Care for Children projects underway at five health plans are seeking to improve the health and health-related quality of life for children with asthma, develop and sustain partnerships with key community stakeholders, and institutionalize innovative clinical models in asthma care ...more |
| Institute of Medicine Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposure This book provides information about the role that indoor air pollution plays in asthma causation, prevalence, triggering, and severity ...more |
| National Allergy Bureau 1-800-9-POLLEN or 1-800-976-5536 |
| National Association of State Boards of Education
State-Level School Health Policies This site includes information on state legal codes, rules, standards, administrative orders, mandates, and resolutions, and links to additional resources ...more |
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National Asthma Education and Prevention Program NHLBI Information Center 1-301-251-1222 |
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National Conference of State
Legislatures (NCSL) NCSL is a bipartisan, national forum for state lawmakers to communicate with one another and to share ideas on various topics, including asthma. |
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Asthma Web Resources
This site includes links to policy briefs on asthma, analyses of state legislation, and a searchable database of state legislation and statutes ...more |
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Asthma: A Growing Epidemic (Environmental Health Series, 2000)
Rates for asthma have steadily increased over the past 20 years in all age groups. Children under age 5 have been the hardest hit, experiencing a two and one-half fold increase. Despite advances in medical treatment, asthma deaths nave nearly doubled since 1980 and now total more than 5,000 per year ...more |
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State Policies Regarding Student Rights to Possess & Self-Administer
Prescribed Medications for Asthma & Anaphylaxis
A map showing which states allow students to carry and self-administer presecribed medications for asthma and anaphylaxis ...more |
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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) Expert Panel identified key questions about asthma management and used a systematic review of the evidence to prepare answers and update recommendations for clinical practice ...more |
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National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID provides support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent asthma ...more |
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National Library of Medicine
(NLM) NLM, the largest online medical library, provides health information, library services, research programs, and general information related to topics such as asthma ...more | ||||||||
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PBS Kid's Asthma Tips
This site helps children learn what asthma is, what can trigger asthma attacks, and how to stay active and healthy if they have asthma ...more | ||||||||
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Quest for the Code: An Adventure Game About Managing Asthma for Children
This site provides information on a free CD-ROM created to help children ages 7 to 15 learn how to manage their asthma ...more | ||||||||
| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This page was updated on 23-Jan-2011
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