Whether you are a physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, or another type of health professional treating people with asthma, it is important to stay informed about asthma care, resources and support options.
Strategies for Addressing Asthma
As a health professional, asthma educator or patient advocate, learn about the Strategies to Address Asthma that you can take to provide asthma guidelines-based care and education, and find other tools to support the important work you do every day.
The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee Expert Panel Working Group released the 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines, which include updates to the following topic areas:
- Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids
- Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonists
- Indoor Allergen Mitigation
- Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Allergic Asthma
- Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Testing
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
The American Lung Association develops and provides key resources to inform asthma policy, provide asthma self-management education programs and quality improvement initiatives that are founded on evidence-based guidelines and practices. You can find a comprehensive list of these materials and efforts below.
Exploring the New Asthma Guidelines: a 360 Perspective
Learn more about the newly released NHLBI Expert Panel Report -3: 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines.
Reviewed and approved by the American Lung Association Scientific and Medical Editorial Review Panel.
Page last updated: October 8, 2021