This program is designed to educate and increase asthma awareness among Arab Americans. We visit schools, teach students how to control the severity of their symptoms, how to handle asthma attacks, and preventing triggers for them.

Goals

• Raising awareness for asthma management
• Teaching mechanisms for the prevention of asthma attacks for students and their parents

Services

• Educating students, families and teachers as well
• Providing Counseling and Referral Services
• Developing bilingual materials on asthma management and triggers
• Creating a unique bilingual booklet (Asthma Awareness & Control) to be distributed among students and their families

Literature

• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers
• Asthma Awareness and Control

Target Group/ Client Base
Arab Americans

Funding Source

• Glaxo Smith Kline
• American Lung Association (ALA)