CDC’s National Asthma Control Program : An Investment in America’s Health

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Asthma is a lifelong disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. During an asthma attack, airways become inflamed, making breathing difficult. Asthma attacks can be mild, moderate, or serious—even life-threatening. But with appropriate care and education, people living with asthma can manage their condition. Asthma control improves quality of life, decreases medical expenditures, and increases productivity at work and school.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Asthma Control Program (NACP) helps millions of Americans understand, manage, and gain control over their asthma. CDC launched the NACP in 1999 to address the rising public health impact of asthma. The program leads national initiatives and provides state funding for a variety of activities focused on surveillance, intervention, partnerships, and evaluation. These activities have provided millions of people with asthma the essential tools for controlling their disease and helped them understand how to improve the quality of their lives through proper asthma management.
  
  investment_americas_health.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Asthma/prevention & Control Environmental Exposure/prevention & Control
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Name as Subject:
  National Asthma Control Program
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  15 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:62381754e7bf5afb771dd501eb60f1dc4858f89878688e60f9166699df4c4703
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133926/cdc_133926_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.76 MB ]