May is Asthma Awareness Month
Participate in Asthma Awareness Month!
Each May, thousands of organizations across the U.S. join together for Asthma Awareness Month (AAM) in an effort to increase public awareness and improve the lives of children and families with asthma. Be part of this national effort to get asthma under control in communities nationwide!
Use the tools and resources identified below to plan and promote your program’s AAM activities and events.
Browse AAM Events
Check out the Events Calendar and use the widget on the right hand side of the page to search for AAM events in your community!
Join the national effort in promoting Asthma Awareness. Put this widget on your Web page. Click here for the code!
Identify Partners in Your Community
Search the Community Program Profiles on AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org to find programs in your area to partner with and host events. Promote your events by posting them on the Events Calendar!
Find and Share Resources
Search the Resource Bank to inform your program’s work. The Resource Bank has everything from checklists and asthma action plans to education and outreach materials and community health worker tools.
To search for what you need, use the advanced search feature:
- Visit the Resource Bank.
- Click on the “show advanced search” button.
- Check the boxes under “Resource Category,” “Resource Type,” “Language,” “Literacy Level,” and “Target Audience” based on your resource needs.
- Click the “search” button at the bottom of the page.
- To start a new search, click the “start new search button.”
To share your program’s resources:
- Visit the Resource Bank.
- In the green box on the page, click the "add your resource" button.
- Complete the fields and upload your resource.
- Make sure to click the "save" button at the bottom of the page to add your resource.
- To add another resource, simply repeat steps 1-4 above.
Check out these Top Five Resources:
- Guide to Asthma Policy for Housing and Schools
American Lung Association - School Flag Program
EPA Asthma Team - Asthma Clinical Guidelines Flip Chart
AH! Asthma Health - Asthma Triggers Coloring Book
EPA Region 4 - Environmental Improvements for Children’s Asthma: The Impact on Symptom Burden and Return on Investment of a Home-Based Environmental Assessment and Modification Project
American Lung Association of Minnesota
Plan AAM Events
Download EPA’s Asthma Awareness Month Event Planning Kit, which features new ideas for outreach and awareness activities, tips for working with the media, success stories and much more.
Add AAM Events
Publicize your community’s AAM Event on the AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org Events Calendar. Make sure to designate it as an "Asthma Awareness Month" event so others can easily recognize that your event is part of this national effort.
Have Multiple Events?
Add each event separately to maximize your marketing impact. You’ll also be able to track how many people RSVP for each event.
Read and Share AAM Stories
After your event takes place, let other AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org members know how it went by writing a blog post. This is a quick, easy way to share your successes with the community. You can even upload pictures from your events! Your stories can also help others in planning their own successful events.
Does your program have a great resource you would like to share with other AsthmaCommunityNetwork.org members? If so, add your resource(s) to the Resource Bank. The Resource Bank also allows you to search for resources from other Network members that may be helpful in informing your work.
Resource Bank
447 Resources Match Your Request. Showing Resources 1 - 10:
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Addressing asthma's environmental triggers at home keeps kids from ending up in the hospital later.
English, Home/Housing, Website, Other
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Asthma Triggers: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, Doctors, and Nurses is a free e-book about reducing asthma triggers and the links between asthma and air pollution. In English and Spanish.
Brochure, Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, English, Education/Outreach Materials, Fact Sheet, Environmental Assessment/Checklist, Home/Housing, Spanish, Website, Other
3
ASTHMA AWARENESS TOOLKIT FROM EPA website
Community Health/Outreach Worker Tool, Community Setting, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Fact Sheet, Training Materials, Training/Educational Kit, School
4
Asthma Information Educators
Booklet, Education/Outreach Materials, Reference Guide
5
Information on Asthma
Education/Outreach Materials
6
Tobacco Free Resources for Clinicians and Communities that are targeted toward the underserved and with specific materials for ethnic groups, HIV positive, and pregnant women. www.clinicians.org/tobaccofree
English, Education/Outreach Materials, Website
7
It’s time to overcome the heavy burden of childhood asthma. Although we don’t have all the pieces of the childhood asthma puzzle, we know enough to better manage this chronic condition and help millions of families across America.
English, Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Fact Sheet, Other
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The Boston smoke-free homes is a resource website where landlords, tenants and general community can access information about making the home environment smoke-free.
Asthma Friendly Policies, English, Day Care, Education/Outreach Materials, Home/Housing, Website
9
Natural cleaning recipes that will not flare-up your asthma.
Document (PDF, Word, Excel), Education/Outreach Materials, Other
10
Safe cleaning recipes for people with asthma
Chinese, CD-ROM/Computer Program, Day Care, Education/Outreach Materials, Home/Housing