InJAC :: Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition

Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition :: Reducing the burden of asthma in Indiana

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COACH'S CLIPBOARD

 Winning with Asthma

Click here to take our FREE online asthma training for coaches, referees, and physical education teachers.

Participants will receive a free clipboard and other asthma materials!

Learn:

Asthma Basics, What to do during an asthma attack and How to help athletes manage their symptoms.

It just takes a few mintues to learn the steps to save a player's life!

 

 

What is InJAC?
The Indiana Joint Asthma Coalition (InJAC) is a voluntary network of people and organizations who work to reduce the burden of asthma on people living in Indiana. The InJAC includes volunteer members from federal, state, and local governmental agencies, professional organizations, managed care plans, hospitals, schools, environmental groups, and other community-based organizations and individuals concerned with the prevention and control of asthma in Indiana.
The Coalition includes an Executive Committee and five workgroups, which are coordinated by chairpersons. The coalition’s five workgroups focus on particular aspects of asthma which are data and surveillance, health care providers, public education, children and youth, and environmental quality.
  
InJAC Meeting dates for 2010
Monday, March 15th 1:30-4:00 pm -8th FloorThursday, June 17th 9:00 am-11:30 am-Rice AuditoriumTuesday, September 14th 1:30-4:00 pm-8th FloorThursday, December 16th, 1:30-4:00 pm-8th Floor            
   
Meeting Location
Indiana State Department of Health, 2 North Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
 
FREE Continuing Medical Education (CME) Training!
Free CME training on the NHLBI Asthma Guidelines. Two credit hours available through Indiana University (CME credits will only be awarded from September 15, 2009 to September 14 2010). To start the training please Click Here
 

ASTHMA and Pandemic H1N1 Influenza:
People with asthma are at increased risk for complications from influenza. Influenza is a disease of the lungs and people with asthma may not have the healthiest lungs. In order to address this issue  ISDH has created an asthma and H1N1 fact sheet: Click Here to Download
For more information on the pandemic H1N1 influenza please visit the ISDH pandemic H1N1 flu website: http://www.in.gov/flu/

 

The Asthma Control Test  (ACT) and Childhood (ACT) are:

  • Simple tools that are completed by the patient and parents/caregivers

  • Clinically validated by specialist assessment and spirometry

  • Recognized by the National Institutes of Health

Download and print copies of the tests for patients to complete on their own.

You can even personalize it with your practice name, patient's name, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asthma Control Test 

(ages 12 and older)                      

 

 

 

 

 

Childhood Asthma Control Test       

(ages 4-11) 

 

 

 English Version           Spanish Version

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