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Humorous videos to identify possible asthma triggers and help raise the profile of asthma across California and the country.

New asthma videos are available on the American Lung Association's YouTube channel.

This online toolkit was designed to outline strategies and provide supporting resources to help community advocates as they address asthma policy in housing and school environments.

Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing: Steps for Success is a free online curriculum designed to give property managers, residents and public health advocates the knowledge and skills they need to enact smokefree air policies in multi-unit housing properties such as apartments and condomiums across the nation.

Many studies have shown consistent associations between evident indoor dampness or mold and respiratory or allergic health effects, but causal links remain unclear. Findings on measured microbiologic factors have received little review. We conducted an updated, comprehensive review on these topics. The review indicated that evident dampness or mold had consistent positive associations with multiple allergic and respiratory effects. Measured microbiologic agents in dust had limited suggestive associations, including both positive and negative associations for some agents. Thus, prevention and remediation of indoor dampness and mold are likely to reduce health risks, but current evidence does not support measuring specific indoor microbiologic factors to guide health-protective actions.

This is a free, online training module/video that has been developed specifically for public health nurses and certified asthma educators, although it could be used with a broad audience. This program teaches about triggers of asthma found in homes and suggests simple interventions that can limit or eliminate exposure to these asthma triggers.

This one-page, step-by-step guidance provides helpful hints for comprehensive asthma management.

As part of a comprehensive asthma management program, home visits can provide people with asthma an extra level of support and can contribute to the success and sustainability of a health plan’s asthma disease management program. EPA's new guide, Implementing An Asthma Home Visit Program: 10 Steps To Help Health Plans Get Started, offers step-by-step instructions on how to start an asthma home visit program with a particular emphasis on environmental risk factor management.

This tri-fold brochure is a handy resource for parents and caretakers of children with asthma. It discusses five common environmental triggers and ways to reduce exposures to these triggers indoors. Parents can follow the step-by-step guidance to reduce asthma triggers in their homes and minimize their children's exposure to triggers that may increase the number or severity of their asthma attacks.

EPA ha publicado un nuevo video educativo. La EPA se esfuerza en fomentar los conocimientos sobre el rol de los factores ambientales del asma para ayudar a los que sufren de asma.