Links & Resources

Getting Better Asthma Control in Canada
www.asthmaguidelines.com
Brought to the web by the Canadian Asthma Consensus Guidelines Secretariat, this site is designed to disseminate and implement the new Canadian asthma consensus guidelines. These evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines are the cumulative effort of a voluntary affiliation of organizations committed to research, peer-review, and evaluation.

Asthma Information
www.asthmacentre.com
The site offers several features, including an Asthma Education Handbook, an 'Ask the Doctor', section, a section that deals with how to assess adequacy of asthma treatment received, a research area describing research conducted by the Center, an activities section that outlines upcoming staff lectures and offers current publications, and links to related sites.

Teach Your Patients About Asthma: A Clinician's Guide
www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/Allergy/asthma/asthtoc.html
This site, produced by the U.S. National Asthma Education Program and the National Institutes of Health, among other American health organizations, offers teaching notes, asthma learning records, patient worksheets, and instructional videos.

Lung Association www.lung.ca
Asthma in Canada www.asthmaincanada.com
Asthma Society of Canada www.asthma.ca
Allergy and asthma information association www.aaia.ca