Patient Education
Reliable Asthma Web Sites for Patients:
Mothers of asthmatics, great consumer web site for asthma
http://www.aanma.org
i.e. info related to school, home, hospital, government, news, child care
American Lung Association, Asthma
http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology
http://www.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm
i.e. Check pollen and mold counts for your area, Sign up for e-mail notices of high counts
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
http://www.aafa.org
i.e. Asthma & Allergies, Education, Teens, News
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html
Facts About Controlling Your Asthma
Global Initiative for Asthma
http://www.ginasthma.com/
i.e. “What You and Your Family Can Do About Asthma” (Eng & Sp.)
Respiratory Association of Metropolitan Chicago
What you need to know (Eng & Sp.)
Professional Links
American Association for Respirtory Care www.aarc.org
American College of Allergy, Asthma, Immunologywww.acaai.org
American Thoracic Society www.thoracic.org
American Heart Associationwww.americanheart.org
American College of Chest Physcianswww.chestnet.org
American Public Health Associationwww.apha.org
American Pharmacists Associationwww.pharmacist.org
Top Web Resources:
- Asthma Action Plans
- Practice Guidelines
- Tools for Clinical Care
- Multimedia Education (Computer, Video, Slides)
- Government Related
- Patient Education
- Professional Links
- Consumer Online Information
- Research (Guidelines)
- Continuing Education


