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Asthma Trigger Resources

Control Asthma Triggers

• New York State Health Department Center for Environmental Health
  Do You Know What Makes Your Asthma Worse?
• United States Environmental Protection Agency
  Keys to Preventing Your Child’s Attacks
  
• Children’s Health Environment Coalition’s “Heal the House”
  Take a virtual tour
  
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Triggers
  General information
  
• American Lung Association
  Information about asthma triggers

Fun for Kids

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Pages:
  Learn about triggers while you play games

Know the Air Quality in Your Area

• Air Quality Alerts for New Jersey
  Visit  the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for daily
  air quality reports and information on air quality 1-800-782-0160
  
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection also has a
  link for an e-mail advisory list serve for unhealthy air quality and
  a section that gives you information about “what you can do” to
  reduce air toxics
  
• Indoor Air Quality
  United States Environmental Protection Agency resources on
  Indoor Air Quality Air Now, a national government report on Air Quality.
  Air Quality Awareness Tips - English
  Air Quality Awareness Tips - Spanish
• Pollen
  American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  Allergy Index

Other Resources

• Diesel Emissions – Stop the Soot Program
  New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Initiative to reduce harmful diesel soot during the next decade
  
• Tobacco Control
  The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program has a page on “Helping Smokers Quit” with links to NJ Quitnet, NJ Quitline, NJ Quitcenters, and information on youth cessation

PACNJ Environmental Task Force
Goal: Promote good indoor and outdoor air quality to improve quality of life for individuals with asthma

Co-chair
Larainne Koehler
United States Environmental Protection Agency Region II

Co-chair
Lisa Jones, MSN, RN
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services

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Updated Credits for 2011-2012
The Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey is sponsored by the American Lung Association in New Jersey. This publication was supported by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, with funds provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Cooperative Agreement 5U59EH000491-04.  Its content are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although this document has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Agreement XA97250908-4 to the American Lung Association in New Jersey, it has not gone through the Agency’s publications review process and therefore, may not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred. Information in this publication is not intended to diagnose health problems or take the place of medical advice. For asthma or any medical condition, seek medical advice from your child’s or your health care professional.

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