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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.

cover to 2007 burden of asthma report new image 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.

Updated Asthma Guidelines Cover

new image 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

 

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