Asthma
Asthma ranks as an important public health issue in
Wisconsin, and is routinely identified as a high priority in state and
federal public health plans. Statewide asthma surveillance data
demonstrate that such attention is warranted, and these data have helped
identify populations where the burden of asthma in the state is
particularly high. DHFS comprehensively addresses the burden of asthma
through surveillance, partnerships and interventions. Forming strong
collaborations and partnerships with key asthma stakeholders around the
state has been one of the program's greatest strengths over the past 15
years.
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Burden
of Asthma in Wisconsin 2007 (PDF, 7.2MB)
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services recently released a
revised report on asthma in Wisconsin, ‘The Burden of Asthma in
Wisconsin - 2007.’ This report summarizes a variety of data on asthma
including prevalence, associated costs, disease management, emergency
department visit and hospitalization rates, and information about the
number of deaths due to asthma. |
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Expert
Panel Report 3 (EPR3): Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management
of Asthma
The EPR 3 Guidelines on Asthma was developed by an
expert panel commissioned by the National Asthma Education and
Prevention Program (NAEPP) Coordinating Committee (CC), coordinated
by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the
National Institutes of Health. Using the 1997 EPR 2 guidelines and
the 2004 update of EPR 2 as the framework, the expert panel
organized the literature review and final guidelines report around
four essential components of asthma care, namely: assessment and
monitoring, patient education, control of factors contributing to
asthma severity, and pharmacologic treatment. Subtopics were
developed for each of these four broad categories. |
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Date Last Revised: February 27, 2008 |
