**Please be aware that additional resources relevant to this topic may be provided in the Federal Agencies, Hotlines, Holistic/Multi-Topic Web Resources, and/or Recursos en Español (Spanish Resources) sections of the website. Further, links to specific documents, fact sheets, etc. are provided within the relevant topical sections of the Alliance website.

Nonprofit Organizations & Others

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - www.aaaai.org - AAAAI is a professional medical specialty organization representing a variety of medical practitioners with a special interest in allergy. Information tailored to consumers, media, and medical practitioners can be accessed from their website.

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - www.aafa.org - AAFA is a nonprofit, patient-driven organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma and allergies and their caregivers, through education, advocacy, and research. The website provides information pertaining to the diseases themselves as well as advocacy, education, and research projects.

SleepWorkPlay^tm - www.sleepworkplay.com - A resource of AAFA, SleepWorkPlay^tm details the impacts that allergic asthma can have on sleep, learning, work, and recreation. This web resource also provides helpful tips for reducing allergic asthma triggers in the home and helps asthmatics and their doctors understand individual triggers and how best to avoid them.

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) - www.aanma.org - AANMA is a national network of families working to triumph over allergies and asthma. As one of AANMA’s primary goals is to educate and increase awareness, AANMA publishes Allergy & Asthma Today magazine, THE MA REPORT newsletter, and e-news updates. The group also offers a toll-free help line, community awareness programs, and Breatherville, USA™.

Asthma in America: A Landmark Survey - http://asthmainamerica.com - A website and report dedicated to promoting the results of a 1998 survey on asthma in the United States. The survey included respondents from the general public, medical community, and asthma sufferers and explored issues of asthma prevalence, symptom frequency and severity, emergency care utilization, quality of life, and quality of care.

Asthma Moms - www.asthmamoms.com - This site includes background information, a calendar of asthma events, product evaluations, and legislation and legal resources, as well as a discussion section.

Beyond Pesticides Brochure "Asthma, Children, and Pesticides" - www.beyondpesticides.org/children/asthma/asthma%20brochure%20high%20res.pdf - This brochure explains links between asthma attacks in children and pesticide exposure. It covers several of the most common insecticides and herbicides used in and around the home and explores their effects on the respiratory system.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. - www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en - As the Canadian version of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CMHC provides a diverse selection of housing-related information. Of particular interest is the Farewell to Cockroaches Guide, www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/maho/gemare/faco/index.cfm, a publication on preventing, controlling, and eliminating cockroaches in the home. This is an important resource for asthmatics, as roaches are a significant asthma trigger.

Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures - www.nap.edu/catalog/9610.html - Available online from the National Academy Press, this book by the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on the Assessment of Asthma and Indoor Air provides a science-based assessment of the relationship between asthma and indoor air exposures by examining how indoor pollutants contribute to asthma; asthma in both general and sensitive populations; and priorities for future policy, outreach, prevention, and research.

New England Asthma Regional Council - www.asthmaregionalcouncil.org - A coalition of public agencies, private organizations, and researchers in New England that brings together the diverse perspectives and resources of health, housing, education, environment, managed care, and advocacy organizations to focus on asthma.

Government Agencies

Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Partnerships for Children’s Respiratory Health - www.aclppp.org/healthy_home.shtml - The CLPPP created this healthy homes working group to develop integrated health and housing interventions.

Global Initiative for Asthma - www.ginasthma.com - The Global Initiative for Asthma is a collaborative project involving the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the World Health Organization. The main website provides links to various asthma documents and resources, including several foreign language resources.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Asthma & Allergy Prevention - www.niehs.nih.gov/airborne/prevent/intro.html - This section of the NIEHS website presents background and prevention information on the various allergens and irritants commonly associated with asthma and allergies. NIEHS also provides a collected list of asthma resources both within and external to NIEHS at www.niehs.nih.gov/external/faq/alpha-a.htm#asthma.

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/asthma.htm - This publications section of the NIAID website provides access to a mixture of news releases, fact sheets, brochures, features, and other resources related to asthma activities and research.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Asthma Control Program - www.cdc.gov/asthma/default.htm - This area of the CDC website outlines the asthma program itself (including those programs dedicated solely to the disease in children and adolescents) and provides other related resources such as data and legislation.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Asthma and Indoor Environments -
www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma - The Indoor Environments Division of EPA uses this area to provide information and resources on asthma, asthma triggers, national asthma events, asthma news, and asthma hotlines.