Use this resource list to create your own childhood asthma toolkit for your employees.

General Resources

Allergy & Asthma Network: Mothers of Asthmatics
(http://www.aanma.org/)

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(http://www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/childhoodasthma.stm)

American Academy of Family Physicians
(http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/common/asthma/kids/219.html)

American Academy of Pediatrics
(http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/asthma.cfm)

American Lung Association
(http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/)

Centers for Disease Control
(http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm)

MayoClinic.com
(http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/childhood-asthma/DS00849/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print)

Nemours Foundation KidsHealth
(http://kidshealth.org/parent/centers/asthma_center.html)

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
(http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Asthma/Asthma_WhatIs.html)

Noattacks.org
(http://www.noattacks.org/)

Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago
(http://www.lungchicago.org/asthma/)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/asthma/pdfs/ll_asthma_brochure.pdf)

U.S. National Library of Medicine
(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthmainchildren.html)

Sites for Kids

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(http://www.aaaai.org/patients/just4kids/brainpop/)

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
(http://www.acaai.org/patients/quizzes/Pages/kids-asthma-check-2.aspx)

Nemours Foundation KidsHealth
(http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/allergy/asthma.html)

Noattacks.org
(http://www.noattacks.org/forkids.html)

Straight Talk from AANMA's Teen Ambassadors
(http://www.aanma.org/2010/06/life-with-asthma-and-allergies-straight-talk-from-aanma%E2%80%99s-teen-ambassadors/)

Asthma Action Plans

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
(http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/asthma/actionplan_text.htm)

MayoClinic.com: Creating an Asthma Action Plan
(http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asthma/HQ00273)

Asthma and Schools

American Lung Association: Asthma in Schools
(http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/in-schools/)

Centers for Disease Control
(http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=8684)

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
(http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/asthma/friendly.htm)