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Care For Their Air

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Region IV Asthma Resource Toolkit for Head Start and Child Care Learning Settings

In January 2007, in an effort to reduce asthma impacts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services entered into a formal partnership to conduct outreach and deliver information to reduce health risks related to secondhand smoke and other environmental asthma triggers on young children and their families.

Currently, the Southeast Regional offices of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are working together with Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning to increase awareness and facilitate access to resources that can be integrated easily into ongoing Head Start, Early Head Start and child care program activities.

Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease nationwide, impacting the lives and families of 6.3 million children. Studies have documented that pre-school aged children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are at greater risk for developing asthma. The Asthma Resource Toolkit is designed to narrow the information gap and broaden staff understanding of how better to incorporate environmental education into program activities.

We invite you to take full advantage of this resource and hope you will find the material useful and valuable in guiding your efforts to educate families about asthma environmental triggers and prevention practices.

Please feel free to download and use the materials.

Documents List
  • Asthma Facts
  • Asthma Training For Parents
  • Care for Their Air Checklist
  • Asthma Home Environment Checklist (Parents will return)
  • Care for Your Air - A Guide to indoor Air Quality
  • Clear your home of Asthma Triggers
  • Help your child gain control over Asthma (English)
  • Help your child gain control over Asthma (Spanish)
  • Protect Your children - Take the Smoke Free Home Pledge (English)
  • Protect Your children - Take the Smoke Free Home Pledge (Spanish)
  • Secondhand Tabacco Smoke and the Health of your Family
  • Tip Sheet for Families
  • Tip Sheet for Directors
  • Tip Sheet for Family Service Workers
  • Tip Sheet for Health Managers
  • Tip Sheet for Health Advisory Committees
  • Tip Sheet for Home Visitors
  • Tip Sheet for Teachers
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