Asthma Resources

Publications

Fact Sheets

• Adult Asthma & Other Chronic Health Conditions in New Jersey [pdf 339K]
• Asthma in New Jersey Preschool-Age Children [pdf 372K]
• Asthma Surveillance in NJ [pdf 65k]
• Asthma and Women [pdf 56k]

Asthma - Surveillance

- Asthma in New Jersey 2010-2012 represents the latest statewide surveillance data in order to assist individuals and organizations in their efforts to reduce the burden of asthma in the State. Individual chapters will be published as they are completed. Currently, the following chapters are available:

• Introduction [pdf 90k]
• Chapter 1: Lifetime Asthma and Current Asthma [pdf 221k]
• Chapter 2: Work-related Asthma [pdf 716k]
• Chapter 3: Children Living with Asthma [pdf 898k]
• Chapter 4: Adults Living with Asthma [pdf 716k]
• Chapter 5: Emergency Department Visits [pdf 981k]
• Chapter 6: Hospitalizations [pdf 1m]
• Chapter 7: Mortality [pdf 470k]
• Conclusion [pdf 420k]

To view previous versions of Asthma in New Jersey, please visit the following links:

• Update 2006 [pdf 3.36 MB]
• Feedback for Report Update 2006
• Update 2005 [pdf 4.64 MB]
• Update 2003 [pdf 508 KB]
  

Work-related Asthma – Resources and Publications

• Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses
• Working Adults with Asthma
• Employers

Asthma Partners

• State Asthma Partnership Assessment [pdf 7m]
• State Asthma Committee (New Jersey Asthma Stategic Plan 2008-2013)
  
• Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey (PACNJ)
  
• American Lung Association of New Jersey (ALANJ)
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  
• New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA)
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  
• American Academy of Pediatrics/New Jersey Chapter (AAP/NJ)

Links

• Asthma in Schools (PACNJ)

• Asthma Guidelines and Resources

• A Guide to Cultural Competence for NJ [pdf 218k]
• NJDOH Office of Minority and Multicultural Health: Asthma Resources
• Pediatric/Adult Asthma Coalition of New Jersey (PACNJ)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Asthma Data
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology (AAAAI)
• Asthma in New Jersey Update 2006

• Environment and Asthma
• NJDOH Consumer and Environmental Health
• US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
• New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
   
• Workplace and Asthma
• NJDOH Occupational Health Service: Work-Related Asthma Web Site