Welcome to the California Asthma Public Health Initiative Web Site

This web site was developed to provide easy access to asthma education, management, and prevention information and resources to help more Californians understand and control their asthma.  Resources are grouped in categories to assist individuals, parents, childcare providers, schools, and health care providers.

The California Asthma Public Health Initiative (CAPHI), a program of the California Department of Public Health, administers the Better Asthma Care web site.

Asthma Basics
(Click here for a printable CAPHI Asthma Fact Sheet)

Links to Additional Resources

For information on H1N1, click here.
Links to other asthma organizations can be found here.


 

What's new?

Save the Date for the 2010 California Clinical Asthma Summit, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 (Los Angeles, CA).  Registration opens March 15, 2010.


Pediatric Asthma Treatment Guidelines Update!  Tuesday, March 2, 2010:  NHLBI researchers present findings from a new study demonstrating the most effective step-up therapy for children with asthma not well controlled on low dose ICS.  Click here for NIH News Release.


    CAPHI was recognized as one of the recipients of the 2009 National EPA Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management.


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