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• All Kids
  All Kids is a no-fee or limited fee, comprehensive health insurance program for children under age 19.
  http://www.adph.org/allkids

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Asthma and Indoor Environments
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma
  • Publication online: “Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers” (EPA/402-F-99-005)
    http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/asthma.html

  

• Healthy Indoor Air for America’s Homes: Asthma Instructional Module
  http://www.healthyindoorair.org/asthma.htm
• American Lung Association: Asthma
  1-800-LUNG-USA or 1-800-586-4872
  Fact sheets, data, program descriptions, and other resources about the prevention, diagnosis, management, and treatment of asthma in children. http://www.lungusa.org/asthma
• The Soap and Detergent Association
  Cleaning to Control Allergies & Asthma (English)
  http://www.cleaning101.com/health/newallergies

  Procedimientos de limpieza para controlar las alergias y el asma (Spanish)
  http://www.cleaning101.com/health/allergias

  

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
  1-800-822-2762
  http://www.aaaai.org
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Online
  1-800-842-7777
  An information and news service for patients, parents of patients, purchasers of group health care programs and the news media.
  http://allergy.mcg.edu
• Allergy & Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA)
  1-800-878-4403
  http://www.aanma.org
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
  1-800-7-ASTHMA or 1-800-727-8462
  http://www.aafa.org
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center
  LUNG LINE: 1-800-222-LUNG or 1-800-222-5864
  http://www.nationaljewish.org
• Asthma Society of Canada
  http://www.asthma.ca
• Mayo Clinic
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/conditioncenters
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/default.htm
  
  
• Family Doctor
  Consumer site for an excellent Drug Database that provides precise information about specific drugs and general information about how to take medications safely.
  http://www.familydoctor.org

• Children's Medical Center of the University of Virginia: Asthma Tutorial
  http://www.med.virginia.edu/docs/cmc/tutorials/asthma
• The Healthy Homes webtool
  http://www.uwex.edu/healthyhome/mat.html

  

• Asthma Society of Canada : Interactive on-line children's educational games about asthma
  http://yourchildshealth.echn.ca/kidsasthma.htm
  • Whimsey’s Asthma (ages 3-6 years)
  • Concentrate on Asthma (ages 7-9 years)
  • Asthma: It’s Your Choice (ages 10-12 years)
• National Jewish Medical and Research Center: The Asthma Wizard
  An interactive story about asthma for children
  http://www.NationalJewish.org/wizard/wizard.html
  
  
• AsthmaExplorers Club
  This Internet adventure will provide quality and creative asthma education that will be boh supportive and interactive.
  http://www.asthmaeclub.com
  
  
• Free Breather
  Interactive Kids Corner that helps children understand their treatment programs, their triggers and how to use inhalers correctly.
  http://www.asthmalearninglab.com

• BAM! Body and Mind
  This quarterly e-magazine for kids ages 9-13. BAM! was created to answer kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways to make their bodies healthier and stronger.
  http://www.bam.gov

• Easy Breathers
  This website offers information to teens about dealing with asthma.
  http://www.easybreathers.org

• Open Airways for Schools
  This program teaches children, aged 8-11, how to detect the warning signs of asthma, including the environmental factors that can trigger an attack.
  The Asthma (web) Movie, “What’s Asthma All About”
  http://www.lungusa.org/school/oas.html
• National Institutes of Health: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  Asthma Awareness Curriculum for the Elementary Classroom: Lesson plans, Activity sheets, Resources for Teachers
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/school/index.htm
• Asthma and Schools
  Information about asthma-related resources for school personnel working with grades K-12
  http://www.asthmaandschools.org
• AAAAI: Kids Pages
  The AAAAI Just for Kids section has lots of activities, a downloadable storybook (in English and Spanish) and coloring pages to help children learn about managing allergies and asthma.
  http://www.aaaai.org/patients/just4kids/default.stm
• BrainPOP: Asthma
  A Web site featuring online educational animated movies for children about health, science and technology.
  http://www.brainpop.com/health/diseases/asthma/index.weml
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences:
  NIEHS Kids Pages: Asthma and Allergies and their Environmental Triggers
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/asthma.htm
• Asthma Moms
  http://www.asthmamoms.com/index.htm
• AsthmaBusters
  A Web site for kids and school nurses.
  http://www.asthmabusters.org
• EVERYDAYkidz
  Learn about the EVERYDAYkidz Program.
  http://www.everydaykidz.com/about_program/index.asp?source=501?source=501

• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  Lung Information for Health Care Professionals: Asthma http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/index.htm#asthma
  
  

• The Role of the Pharmacist in Improving Asthma Care http://rover2.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asmapmcy.pdf (PDF)

• Medicine.Net: Focus on Asthma
  http://www.focusonasthma.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
• Merck Manual
  http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual
• Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy
  Pharmacy Care Systems
  http://pharmacy.auburn.edu/pcs
• Drug InfoNet
  http://www.druginfonet.com
• Virtual Library Pharmacy Page
  http://www.pharmacy.org
• Asthma Victory
  http://www.asthma.org.au/brochures/medications.htm
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://www.aafp.org/afp/20010315/1212ph.html
• Asthma Medications and Delivery Devices
  http://www.asthmatas.org.au/pdf/medications and devices.pdf (PDF)
• More About Asthma
  http://www.asthmasa.org.au/learningabout/asthma_medications.html
• Let’s Talk About Asthma
  http://members.aol.com/homeivrph/asthma.htm

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Office of Children’s Health Protection
  http://www.epa.gov/children
• Healthy Home Partnership
  http://www.uwex.edu/healthyhome
  
  

• Materials of the Healthy Homes Partnership
  http://www.uwex.edu/healthyhome/mat.html

• Children's Environmental Health Network
  http://www.cehn.org
• Children and Secondhand Smoke
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/etschild.html
• American Lung Association: Freedom from Smoking Online
  A smoking cessation program available online:
  http://www.lungusa.org/ffs