Asthma in Schools

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Asthma Leadership Project - AASA resources for asthma issues including Wellness Action Checklist, Asthma Wellness presentation, Powerful Practices: Assessment Tool for Schools Addressing the Needs of Students with Asthma, Asthma Wellness: Keeping Children with Asthma in School and Learning, and much more...
Asthma and H1N1
- H1N1 Risks for People with Asthma
Asthma Data
- Asthma Initiative of Michigan - AIM
Asthma Policy/Law & Guidelines
- MDE Policy on Asthma Management in Schools
- The Guidelines Implementation Panel (GIP) Report presents recommendations and strategies for overcoming barriers to the acceptance and utilization of the updated NHLBI clinical practice guidelines for asthma.
- Asthma and Allergy Quick Report Card
- Michigan ’s Inhaler Law
Asthma Education
- Asthma Initiative of Michigan - AIM
- The “Rule of 2” asks basic questions to assess how someone is managing their asthma.

Asthma Action Plan at the Asthma Initiative of MI Website.
Asthma in Schools Policy
Information and Resources to Educate Yourself (MN Dept of Health)

Parents:
- How Asthma Friendly Is Your School?
- A Parent's Perspective on Asthma: Talking with Michelle Obama
- Back-to-School Questions for Parents of Children with Asthma (from the American Lung Association)
- AANMA has great resources for parents.
  - At home: http://www.aanma.org/homesweet/

At school: http://www.aanma.org/schoolhouse/
At the doctor: http://www.aanma.org/medicalcenter/mc_doctorsoffice.htm
For kids: http://www.aanma.org/playtime/

School Administrators/Staff:

Schoolhouse in the Red: An Administrator’s Guide to Improving America’s School Facilities and Environment
What can superintendents do about asthma - video cast from WASDA Executive Director, Miles Turner (10/01/07)
How Asthma Friendly Is Your School?
Suggested Emergency Nursing Protocol for Students With Asthma Who Don't Have a Personal Asthma Action Plan
Steps to Follow for an Asthma Episode in a School Setting - When No Nurse Is Available

Asthma & Allergies
- Eating Safely at School: What Education Policymakers Need to Know and Do to Prevent and Respond to Food-Related Illness in Schools
Asthma & the Environment
- Healthy Schools Campaign - Newsletter
  - Jan 09
- Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools program - Environmental Protection Agency's online newsletter
- Putting the Pieces Together: An Urban School Leader’s Guide to Healthy Indoor Environments
- Clean School Bus USA: www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus/
- Indoor Air Quality and Schools: www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/
Asthma & Tobacco
- Tobacco Use Prevention 101 – similar to the Asthma 101, this packet provides current trends related to cigarette smoking and other tobacco use and information about developing and enforcing tobacco-free school policies and programs, including examples of state-level tobacco education policies.
- Tobacco-Free School Toolkit - Michigan 24/7
Asthma Resources
- HSAT Asthma Resource Guide - Healthy School Action Tool, Michigan Public Health Institute
  - HSAT success stories
- Asthma Engagement Tool - Scott Dunsmore (2007)
- Asthma in Schools videos - Six free web-based videos, AASA
- Building Success, Leading Change: Stories of Healthy School Environments (contains a CD-ROM with resources from the highlighted districts, Milwaukee (WI) and Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC))
- Environmental Health Resources Available in Spanish
- Online Videos for Asthma Meds from the American College of Physicians Foundation: http://foundation.acponline.org/videos.htm NEW
- Asthma Articles/Publications
  - Talking About Asthma - Fall 2008, Association of Asthma Educators
  - The Relationship Between School Absence, Academic Performance, and Asthma Status - research article by Sheniz Moonie (2008)
  - Red Flag for Students with Asthma Returning to School - 2007
Grant Opportunities
- Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Community - EPA