- Allergy and Asthma
Network, Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) [external
AANMA, a national nonprofit network of families, offers information about living with allergies and asthma, including information on policy issues such as pending legislation and children’s rights at school.
- Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Law Program
CDC's Public Health Law Program, whose mission is to improve the health of the public through the law, offers a number of resources on public health issues, including asthma.
- Right to
Carry and Self Administer Asthma Medication in Schools - Legislation
Selected asthma-related legislative measures addressing the right to self-administer asthma medication and carry inhalers in schools ...more
- Right to Carry and Self Administer Asthma Medication in Schools - Legislation
- Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
- Action Against Asthma: A
Strategic Plan for the Department of Health and Human Services (May
2000) [external link]
This strategy is designed to help achieve the national Healthy People 2010 goals for asthma. The strategy envisions close coordination between DHHS initiatives and activities led by professional societies, universities, non-governmental and community-based organizations, providers of medical care, businesses, and other federal, state, local, and tribal government agencies in pursuit of progress in these areas over the next five years ...more
- Coordination of Federal Asthma Activities
[PDF, 146 Kb]
This report by the Federal Liaison Group on Asthma identifies federal programs that carry out asthma-related activities and contains recommendations on ways to strengthen and improve coordination of those activities.
- Action Against Asthma: A Strategic Plan for the Department of Health and Human Services (May 2000) [external link]
- Pew Environmental Health Commission
The Commission developed recommendations designed to bolster the nation’s ability to track and prevent health problems linked to conditions in the environment.
Attack Asthma: Why America Needs a Public Health Defense System to
Battle Environmental Threats [PDF, 131
Kb] [external link]
In this report, the Commission’s review of our nation’s approach to asthma demonstrates the cost of maintaining our current course. The epidemic of asthma today will only grow exponentially worse over the next generation, unless we revitalize our public health defenses.
- Attack Asthma: Why America Needs a Public Health Defense System to Battle Environmental Threats [PDF, 131 Kb] [external link]
Thomas, Legislative Information on the Internet
Information on the U.S. Congress and searchable database of federal legislation.
Library of Congress: State and Local Governments
This site provides a meta-index of state and local government information and direct links to state government Web sites ...more
- National Association of State Boards of Education
The National Association of State Boards of Education exists to serve and strengthen State Boards of Education in their pursuit of high levels of academic achievement for all students.
Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide
Part III includes Policies on Asthma, School Health Services, and Healthy Environments. This chapter, published by the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), provides suggestions for education decision makers about policies and programs related to asthma and other chronic health conditions. It provides sample policies that states, school districts, and public and private schools can adapt or revise to fit their local needs and governance frameworks ...more
Issue Brief on Asthma [PDF, 1 Mb]
This document, written by NASBE, is a compilation of asthma-related written education policies in all 50 states. The information is organized by type of policy and lists which states have that particular asthma-related policy.
State-Level School Policies [external link]
This NASBE website allows you to search by state or by topic to find information about state-level school health policies, including asthma policies ...more
- Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide [external link]
- National Conference
of State Legislatures (NCSL) [external
NCSL is a bipartisan national forum for state lawmakers to communicate with one another and to share ideas on various topics, including asthma.
Asthma Web Resources [external link]
This site includes links to policy briefs on asthma, analyses of state legislation, and a searchable database of state legislation and statutes ...more
Asthma, A Growing Epidemic (Environmental Health Series,
2000) [external link]
In January 1999, the President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children released a report outlining effective strategies for fighting childhood asthma. The report acknowledges that asthma is a growing epidemic and that there is "no national system to collect data from states specifically on asthma." ...more
- Asthma Web Resources [external link]
- State Law
This site provides information on state governments and legislation from Washburn University School of Law ...more