Quick Fact #9
The West Virginia Asthma Education and Prevention Program, along with its partners from the American Lung Association of West Virginia and the West Virginia Asthma Coalition, have produced a strategic plan for addressing asthma in West Virginia. See “Asthma Strategic Plan” under the publications tab above for details.
The mission of the West Virginia Asthma Education and Prevention Program is to develop, implement, and evaluate a statewide strategic asthma plan in the interest of reducing the health and economic consequences attributed to asthma in West Virginia.
These fact sheets provide a brief overview of asthma and childhood asthma in West Virginia. For additional information or data on these topics, please see The Burden of Asthma in West Virginia 2007 and our asthma Statistical Briefs.
Download the Fact Sheets (PDF):
NEW* WV Medical Journal Article - "West Virginia Health Statistics Center Child Asthma Survey Enables Development of State Asthma Plan" May/June 2010
NEW* Asthma in West Virginia Fact Sheet (June 2010)
NEW*Flu & Asthma in West Virginia Fact Sheet (June 2010)
NEW*Asthma & Seniors in West Virginia Fact Sheet (June 2010)
NEW*Asthma & Women in West Virginia Fact Sheet (June 2010)
NEW*Childhood Asthma in West Virginia Fact Sheet (June 2010)
Asthma in West Virginia Fact Sheet (August 2009)
Asthma In West Virginia Fact Sheet (January 2008)
Childhood Asthma In West Virginia Fact Sheet (January 2008)
Asthma & Women In West Virginia Fact Sheet (January 2008)
Asthma & Seniors In West Virginia Fact Sheet (February 2008)
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