Asthma
Provider Forms and Tools
Child and Adult Asthma Control Tests
Childhood Asthma Control Test for Children 4 to 11 years old
GlaxoSmithKline
www.asthmacontrol.com/child.html
In Spanish -
www.asthmacontrol.com/child_es.html
Asthma Control Test for Adults and Children 12 years and older
GlaxoSmithKline
www.asthmacontrol.com
In Spanish -
www.asthmacontrol.com/index_es.html
Asthma Toolbox
National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
Developed by NICHQ in collaboration with practitioners around the US. Toolbox has many printable practical tools and resources for health care providers and families including:
- Assessing members with asthma severity index
- Asthma flow sheets
- Asthma management plans in English, Spanish
- Tips for the diagnosis of asthma in children under 5
- Asthma visit encounter form
- Medication and severity poster
- Asthma resources for patients
- Asthma resources for providers
www.nichq.org/nichq - see Asthma Resources under What's New section
Asthma Disease Management Resource Manual
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Tools for diagnosis, assessment and treatment of asthma, including patient guidelines, checklists, treatment algorithms and therapy recommendations.
www.allergy.mcg.edu/physicians/manual/manual.html
Patient Education Chapter, Pediatric Asthma: Promoting Best Practices
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Useful strategies and materials for helping children and families manage asthma.
www.aaaai.org/members/resources/initiatives/pediatricasthmaguidelines/
09_PatientEducation.pdf 
Pediatrics' Asthma Supplement Issue
American Academy of Pediatrics
Special asthma supplement to journal Pediatrics (www.pediatrics.org) addresses:
- Defining Asthma in the Preschool-Aged Child
- Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy for Asthma in Preschool Children: Growth Issues
- Inflammation in Childhood Asthma and Other Wheezing Disorders
- Balancing Safety and Efficacy in Pediatric Asthma Management
- Development of Wheezing Disorders and Asthma in Preschool Children
- Outcome Measures in Childhood Asthma
Feb, 2002, Vol 109, issue 2, Supplement 1.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org
Asthma - Care Management
American Academy of Family Physicians
www.aafp.org/fpm/20041000/43asth.html
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