Asthma’s Impact on Children And Adolescents
		0%	Asthma is a major public health problem of increasing concern in the United States. Between 1980 and 1994, the prevalence of asthma increased 75% overall and 74% among children 5 to 14 years of age. Asthma now affects nearly 5 million people who are younger than 18 years of age. Low-income populations, minorities, and children living in inner cities experience disproportionately higher morbidity and mortality due to asthma. Asthma’s effects on children and adolescents include the following: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   USA
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			Asthmatic Children at Risk From Toxic Homes
		0%	High levels of fungal allergens in homes are putting asthmatic children at risk, new research has found. LinkMedica   United Kingdom
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			Brochure - Asthma and Children Under Five
		0%	Asthma in children under 5. Asthma Australlia   Australia
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			Camp Superkids
		0%	Camp Superkids is an Asthma Day Camp that is designed for asthmatic children who would benefit from a positive experience with outdoor physical activity, combined with practical asthma education. The Salinas Allergy Clinic   USA
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			Casper and friends beat the asthma ghost.
		0%	Children's Asthma Education Allergy Society of South Africa (ALLSA)   SouthAfrica
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			Challenges For Parents of Asthmatics: Barriers To Cooperation at School; Part I
		0%	A lot has been written about the importance of parents coordinating health and educational plans for their asthmatic children with teachers, school nurses, and their doctors. Statistics report that asthma is the number one cause of school absenteeism, accounting for at least 125 million school days lost each year. Parents say they are frustrated by inflexible school policies in their attempts to help their children perform up to their potential in a safe, encouraging and productive learning atmoshere. Louise H. Bethea, M.D., P.A. Allergy & Asthma Care and Prevention for the Family   USA
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			Challenges For Parents of Asthmatics: Barriers To Cooperation at School; Part II
		0%	There are over three million schildren in the United States that have been diagnosed with asthma, which means that it is the respnosibility of close to six million parents to deal with, and manage, their child's ailment. The obvious goal is to prevent suffering, and allow asthmatic children to mature into healthy, normal adults. But what is not nearly so obvious at the outset are some of the barriers that lie in wait, and threaten to prevent the asthmatic child from leading a full life. Louise H. Bethea, M.D., P.A. Allergy & Asthma Care and Prevention for the Family   USA
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			Check Your Asthma IQ Quiz
		0%	Check what you do not know! Healthtouch Online   USA
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			Child Asthmatics 'Silently Suffering'
		0%	Many children with asthma are not using the appropriate medication or communicating regularly with healthcare providers about their symptoms, new US research has shown. LinkMedica   United Kingdom
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			Childhood Asthma
		0%	The facts about childhood asthma. MERCK & CO   USA
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