ASTHMA EDUCATION NOW

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• Vacuum bedrooms often. Change sheets at least once a week.
• Do NOT use cleaning chemicals or disinfectants with children in the room.
• READ THE LABELS of any household products for cleaning, dusting, disinfecting...
• Check for mold in bathrooms and kitchen.
•  Launder towels and washcloths at least twice a week in hot water.
• Pets should not sleep in bedrooms..
• Do not burn candles. 
• Do not use room air fresheners.

All these listed are reliable resources:

•  Children Asthma and Stress.  . PBS NewsHour 

    In a study done exclusively for The Detroit News and PBS NewsHour, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found about 2 of every 3 Motor City children face “adverse childhood experiences,” such as household substance abuse, exposure to violence and extreme economic hardship that can trigger asthma. 

• Sampro School Based Asthma Management Program

• Video showing teenager with asthma stressing  and how to know triggers

• Use Asthma Inhalers correctly 

• Newscast about Mobile Asthma Unit of Nurses  who teach kids How to use asthma inhalers

•  Information for Adults with  Asthma  Video

• Good Morning America:  Great example of Community Leadership as doctors, parents, teachers, and school nurses develop a new model for treating children with asthma in Rochester, Minn. 2009

•  Asthma Classroom triggers   

• What does a teacher need to know about asthma?  

•  Caleb kid with asthma.    

•  Akron Children 's Hospital Doctor explains Asthma and triggers

•  Asthma attack during baseball

• Families talking about children's asthma

• Asthma flareup Australian video

View  Slide Presentation on : How to Control Asthma Triggers