Craven-Pamlico Asthma Coalition

The Craven-Pamlico Asthma Coalition works with area pediatricians to ensure that families have all the knowledge and tools needed to let their child with asthma go to school every day, participate in sports, and feel healthy.

Although effective asthma treatment and management practices do exist, not all persons with asthma have access to them. Socioeconomic status, lack of health insurance, not receiving an asthma management plan from their health care provider, and failure to recognize the severity of their disease can all impact a person’s access to adequate asthma healthcare.

New Guidelines were published this year and we want to help our local health care providers implement these proven effective asthma management tools.

Our primary goals are Asthma Self-Management through proper medication; removal or reduction of environmental triggers; and education of the patient, family and community. We strive to make sure that patients know how to prevent, or at least minimize the severity, of asthma attacks. Because, as our slogan states: “Breathing Should Be Easy!”