Wisconsin Asthma Plan 2009-2014

• An updated blueprint for addressing asthma in Wisconsin created by the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition.
  View full plan.
  View executive summary.

Asthma Guidelines

• Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR - 3).
• Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma.
• Managing Asthma During Pregnancy.

Education

• America's Asthma Health Guide™: Personal pocket-sized booklet Teaches adults and children about asthma, its triggers and treatments.
• CDC Asthma Speaker’s Kit for Healthcare Professionals - 62-slide presentation depicts the pathophysiology of asthma; prevalence, mortality, and morbidity measures at the national level; risk factors; medical management; and the public health response needed to successfully fight asthma.
• Controlling Asthma in the Home: A Guide for Landlords and Tenants - Brochure on asthma basics and how to control asthma triggers. Spanish version. Hmong version.
• Diseases and Conditions Index: Asthma: This index on the NHLBI Web site offers quick and easy access to information about asthma, including graphics and interactive quizzes.
• Indoor AIRepair™ - Explores the connection between indoor air quality and asthma. Offers low- and no-cost solutions for home, school and play.
• Kids’ Health - Asthma: Online resources for kids with asthma. Includes text, video, stories and tools.
• Occupational Asthma and Farming – Lists exposure hazards and patterns of exposure to allergens.
• Preventing Allergic Reactions to Natural Rubber Latex in the Workplace – Steps to protect workers from allergic reactions.
• Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate Exposure: A NIOSH Alert - Steps to protect workers from exposure.
• Preventing Asthma and Death from MDI Exposure During Spray on Truck Bed Liner and Related Applications.
• Preventing Asthma in Animal Handlers: A NIOSH Alert – Steps to protect animal handlers from exposure.
• Quest for the Code - video game to help children and teens learn how to manage their asthma. Starlight Starbright revamped and relaunched the game to a free Web-based format.
• School Asthma Training Videos - six short "rich media" presentations designed for various school staff.
• Wisconsin Asthma Coalition (WAC) Certified Asthma Educators – List of certified asthma educators willing to serve as an informational resource and provide support when taking the national asthma certification exam.
• Wisconsin’s Green and Healthy Schools Program.

Tools

• Allies Against Asthma Coalition Evaluation Tools - Cross-site evaluations specifically designed for asthma coalitions including coalition surveys, key informant interview guides, program reach forms and asthma caregiver surveys.
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Schooled in Asthma - Download asthma history form, action plan, school authorization form, dear doctor letter for school nurses and asthma encounter form.
• AsmaPro – Diagnostic tool for clinicians dealing with asthma in the workplace. Over 70 occupational asthma cases, which can be retrieved by case ID, agent or by patient’s job.
• Asthma Articles You Can Use - Variety of articles submitted by local asthma coalitions that could be replicated in your community.
• Asthma Care Fax - Tool for pharmacists to notify healthcare providers when a patient is excessively using short-acting beta agonist (updated July 2008).  How to use the Asthma Care Fax.
• Asthma Coding, Billing and Reimbursement - Guidelines and information.
• Asthma Control Test - Two tests available: one for Ages 4-11 and one for Ages 12 and over to gauge if asthma is in control.
• Asthma Focused Follow-up Visit - Provides one-page pathway for completing an asthma focused follow-up visit with patient. Includes an additional section for the physician.
• Asthma Inhaler Medication Form - Authorization form for students to carry their asthma inhaler at school.
• Asthma Medication Card - Quick reference put together by the University of Michigan Health System.
• Asthma ROI Calculator - Explores potential financial returns from quality improvement and asthma disease management programs.
• Children's Health Survey for Asthma - self-report measure completed by parents of children with chronic asthma between the ages of 5 and 16.
• Cultural Competency Review Tool - Evaluates asthma educational materials for cultural competency.
• Electronic Asthma Action Plans - Age-specific plans providing drop down menus for age-appropriate medication and dosages and places for comments.
• Haz-Map - Links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms.
• Healthy Homes Checklist – action steps to take in each room and area of the home.
• How Asthma-Friendly is Your Child-Care Setting? Seven-item list that can be used by parents, teachers, and school nurses to help pinpoint specific areas that may cause problems for children with asthma.
• Implementing An Asthma Home Visit Program: 10 Steps to Help Health Plans Get Started - Shares the experiences of seven health care organizations offering asthma home visit programs.
• Local Asthma Coalition Fact Sheets - Educational sheets with facts and figures specific to each WAC local asthma coalition. Publication numbers: P-00106 - P-00116.
• Lung Help Line 1-800-548-8252. Staffed by registered nurses and respiratory therapists with extensive experience in the health care industry.
• Michigan Healthy Schools Guide – Includes information on school bus idling reduction and pest management.
• Minnesota’s Interactive Asthma Action Plan – Includes consent forms, online and desktop versions and information to order paper copies. Your own logo can be added.
• Minnesota School Walkthrough Program – Low to no-cost program to address environmental triggers. School building and district form. Room-by-room checklist. Sample report.
• Pedipress - Download free asthma tools for professionals and patients.
• Prescription Assistance Programs for Patients with Asthma - Outlines prescription assistance programs to aid in the cost of specific asthma medications.
• Self-Tests for Adults and Children - Includes quality of life and asthma self-tests for children and adults. Available in English and Spanish.

Reports

• Burden of Asthma in Wisconsin 2007 - Comprehensive statistical report about asthma in Wisconsin.
• Exposure to Secondhand Smoke in Wisconsin Homes - This report examines the trends and health effects associated with secondhand smoke.
• Housing Interventions and Health: A Review of the Evidence - Documents the housing and neighborhood improvements that are scientifically proven to improve health and safety.
• Integrated Pest Management in Schools – A strategic plan to reduce pest and pesticide-related hazards to children in the U.S. public schools by 2015.
• Investing in Best Practices for Asthma: A Business Case for Education and Environmental Interventions - Published by the Asthma Regional Council of New England.
• Partners Putting Guidelines into Action – Includes six priority messages that come out of EPR-3 and ways that they may be implemented.
• The Role of Pest Control in Effective Asthma Management: A business case - Geared toward the healthcare industry. Published by the Asthma Regional Council of New England.
• The State of Childhood Asthma, United States, 1980-2005 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistical report.
• Work-Related Asthma in Wisconsin - Statistical report about asthma related to the workplace.
• Work-Related Asthma Union Survey Report - Results of Wisconsin union asthma survey.

Legislative/Policy

• Asthma Inhaler Law - Public school students have the right to self-carry their rescue inhaler on their person.
• Expansion of Asthma Inhaler Law - Expanded to include private and charter schools.
• High impact strategies for smoke-free air implementation – List of strategies for education to local and state leaders, community education, media, workplace outreach, etc.
• Smoke-free air implementation guide – Outlines implementation efforts to prepare for the smoke-free air law to go into effect on July 5, 2010.
• State Laws Related to Healthy Homes – Links to state laws on landlord/tenant, housing/maintenance, health, mold, etc.
  

Articles/Papers

• The Coulee Region Community Pharmacy Asthma Intervention Study - Shows Asthma Care Fax is helpful to health care professionals in making clinical decisions - published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (November/December, 2006).
• Cultural Competence Tool White Paper - Discusses the creation and purpose of the Cultural Competence Tool created by the WAC Disparities Workgroup.
• Definitions and Types of Work-related Asthma: A nosological approach – Published in Respiratory Journal, 2003.
• Diagnosis and Management of Work-Related Asthma, American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement - Includes updated definition of work-related asthma, diagnosis and management. Published in Chest 2008.
• Diagnosis and Management of Work-Related Asthma, American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement - A Timely Update - Published in Chest 2008.
• Future Advances in Work-related Asthma and the Impact on Occupational Health – Published in Occupational Medicine, 2005.
• The Prevention of Occupational Asthma – Includes searchable database of journal articles.
• Primary Prevention of Occupational Asthma: Identifying and Controlling Exposures to Asthma-Causing Agents - Published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in 2008.
• Reduction in Asthma-Related Emergency Department Visits After Implementation of a Smoke-Free Law – Published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Sept. 2008. View abstract.
• The Role of Pest Control in Effective Asthma Management: A Business Case - Published by the Asthma Regional Council of New England.

WAC Biannual Meeting
Wisconsin Asthma Coalition (WAC) - Fall Meeting
October 1-2, 2009
The many faces of asthma

• Dinner program: Techniques Supporting Relationship Centered Care and Shared Decision Making, Michael Cabana, MD, MPH

• Keynote: Examining the Hygiene Hypothesis: Can we prevent the development of asthma in kids?, Michael Cabana, MD, MPH
• Asthma in the Elderly, David Edmondson, DO
• Wisconsin Afterschool Network Asthma Protocol, Randy Neve
• Unresolved Issues: Pediatric asthma studies underway, Theresa Guilbert, MD

Web Links

Allergy & Asthma Network: Mothers of Asthmatics

Allies Against Asthma

American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)

American Association for Respiratory Care

American College of CHEST Physicians

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American Lung Association

American Lung Association of Wisconsin

American Lung Association of Wisconsin Asthma Walk

America's Children and the Environment

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Asthma Initiative of Michigan

Camp WIKIDAS

CDC National Asthma Control Program

Communities in Action for Asthma Friendly Environments Network

Department of Health Services Asthma Program

Environmental Health Perspectives: Asthma Resources

Environmental Protection Agency: Asthma and Indoor Environments

Healthy Schools Network, Inc.

IAQ Tribal Partners Program

Knowledge Path: Asthma in Children and Adolescents.

Minnesota Asthma Program

National Asthma Educator Certification Board

National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

Respiratory Care Online Journal

World Asthma Day Headquarters