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| Asthma Resources for: People with asthma and their caregivers |
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- Making the transition from CFC to HFA
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about asthma
- The Oregon Asthma Resource Bank has web-based asthma educational materials for people with asthma. The materials in the resource bank are free, easy-to-read, clinically accurate, and ready to print in color or black and white. The resource bank also includes helpful asthma tools for healthcare providers and school staff. All materials are based on the National Asthma Education & Prevention Program's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma and the Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon.
- Videos about controlling asthma triggers in the home -- Asthma triggers in the home can make it hard to keep asthma under control. These two free videos from the NW Clean Air Agency provide information for people with asthma about how to control common indoor asthma triggers:
- Attack Asthma at Home: A Practical Approach to Asthma
- Mold in your home: Causes, Prevention and Clean up
- Living Well -- Living Well with Chronic Conditions (the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program) is a six-week workshop that provides tools for living a healthy life with chronic health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, asthma and heart disease. Through weekly sessions, the workshop provides support for continuing normal daily activities and dealing with the emotions that chronic conditions may bring about.
- Breathe Well, Live Well is an asthma management program for adults that helps to reduce the severity of asthma symptoms and respiratory problems. To learn more about upcoming classes, visit the American Lung Association's website.
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| Schools and Asthma |
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- Oregon Asthma Network's School Asthma Resource Center -- The School Asthma Resource Center was developed by the Schools and Asthma Workgroup. The Resource Center is designed to be a central website where schools can find information on programs, tools, and resources to assist with improving systems that support students and staff who have asthma.
- Asthma tools for school staff from the Oregon Asthma Resource Bank.
- Healthy Kids Learn Better -- Healthy Kids Learn Better is a way of forming school-community partnerships that address kids' physical, social and emotional needs while improving their potential to learn.
- Asthma management slidedeck for Oregon School Medication Administrators Training (PPT) -- Attention School Nurses! The Asthma Medication Administrator's Review Committee convened by the Oregon Asthma Program developed ten brief slides on asthma management and medication administration that you can download and drop into your Medication Training for non-medical school staff designated to care for student health issues. For more information about the committee and additional training resources, contact Brian Ritacco at: brian.a.ritacco@state.or.us
- Summary Report on Access to Asthma Education and Resources among Office Staff and School Nurses in Eastern Oregon (pdf) -- The Oregon Asthma Program in partnership with the Healthy Kids Learn Better Partnership and the American Lung Association of Oregon convened the Asthma Medication Administrator's Review Committee to assess access to asthma education and resources for school nurses and office staff designated to administer medication to students in Eastern Oregon schools. Survey objectives were to identify:
- What are the asthma education and training needs between these two groups in Eastern Oregon schools?
- What is the best mode of delivery is for disseminating information to each of these groups?
- Oregon Adolescent Health Section (Oregon Public Health Division):
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| Healthcare providers, health plans, and health systems |
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- Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon -- Population-based asthma guidelines developed specifically for Oregon and based on the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program's Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma.
- Pocket Guide (pdf) - Stay updated and save time with the Pocket Guide, a quick-reference guide for healthcare providers that summarizes key information from the NAEPP Guidelines.
- Oregon Asthma Resource Bank -- A web-based resource bank that contains free, easy to read, clinically accurate asthma education handouts, provider tools, and school tools ready to print in color or black and white. The materials are based on the NAEPP Guidelines and the Guide to Improving Asthma Care in Oregon.
- Videos about controlling asthma triggers in the home -- Asthma triggers in the home can make it hard to keep asthma under control. These two free videos from the NW Clean Air Agency provide information for people with asthma about how to control common indoor asthma triggers:
- Attack Asthma at Home: A Practical Approach to Asthma
- Mold in your home: Causes, Prevention and Clean up
- Asthma-Tobacco Integration Project -- To strengthen the public health approach to tobacco and asthma, the Oregon Asthma and Tobacco Prevention and Education Programs started the Asthma-Tobacco Integration Project (ATIP).
- Publications on asthma:
- CD Summary --- is a publication of the Oregon Department of Human Services, Public Health Division, Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology.
- A View of Asthma in Oregon --- is a periodical newsletter published by the Oregon Asthma Program. Each issue looks in depth at different aspects of asthma and asthma management.
- Flu Vaccines and Asthma:
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Healthy Worksites: The DHS public health chronic disease prevention programs are partnering with several public and private employers to promote and support health worksites throughout the state of Oregon.
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| Oregon organizations and programs |
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| Asthma programs in other states |
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