Action Against Asthma
A Strategic Plan for the
Department of Health and Human Services
May 2000
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Table of Contents
Prologue 
pdf file (23KB )
Executive Summary pdf file (28KB )
- Epidemic of a Chronic Disease
- The Science of Asthma
- The Challenge of Asthma
- DHHS Capacity to Address Asthma
- Secretary’s Initiative on Asthma
Priorities for Investment over the Next Five
Years pdf
file (8867 Kb)
- Determine the Causes of Asthma and Develop Interventions To Prevent Its Onset
- Reduce the Burden of Asthma for People with the Disease
- Eliminate the Disproportionate Burden of Asthma in Minority Populations and Those Living in Poverty
- Track the Disease and Assess the Effectiveness of Asthma Programs
Conclusionpdf file (2430
Kb)
Specific Recommendationspdf file (70 Kb)
Referencespdf file (52 Kb)
Appendices
Appendix A: Agencies Participating in the DHHS
Asthma Workgroup pdf
file (18.5KB)
Appendix B: Participants in the DHHS Asthma
Workgroup pdf
file (29.0KB)
Appendix C: Summary of the Guidelines for the
Diagnosis and Management of Asthma pdf file (26KB)
Appendix D: Asthma and the
Environment: A Strategy to Protect Children, Executive Summary, A Report of the
President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to
Children pdf
file (64KB)
Appendix E: Summary of DHHS Asthma
Programs pdf
file ( 108KB )
Appendix F: Asthma Programs Outside of
DHHS pdf file ( 28KB)
Appendix G: Healthy People 2010 Objectives; Chapter 24:
Respiratory Diseases pdf
file (202KB)
Appendix H: Clearing the Air: Asthma and
Indoor Air Exposures Executive Summary, A Report of the Institute of
Medicine pdf
version (71KB)
Tables
Table 1. Healthy People 2010: National Goals for Asthma
Table 2. Action Against Asthma: Urgent Needs Top Priorities for Investment
Figures
Figure 1. Prevalence of Asthma: Number of People
Figure 2. Prevalence of Asthma: Rates by Age
Figure 3. Deaths Due to Asthma
Figure 4. Asthma Death Rates by Race
Figure 5. Asthma Hospitalization Rates by Race
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