Right now about 300,000 people living in Oregon have asthma.
This periodical newsletter is published by The Oregon Asthma Program (OAP): A statewide program that originated in the fall of 1999 with the goal of creating a statewide network to address this important disease.
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Please browse through each issue online or download the selected (pdf) file for printing:
• Spring 2005
• Fall 2004
• Spring 2004
• Fall 2003
• June 2003
• December 2002
• July 2002
• April 2002
• October 2001
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- Controlling Asthma - The Perception vs. the Reality — Spring, 2005 (pdf)
- This issue describes self-management results from a survey conducted among insured adult Oregonians with asthma. Though the respondents reported confidence in managing their asthma, they also reported frequent asthma symptoms, and their pharmacy records showed medication usage much lower than they reported. Some possible solutions to these paradoxes are presented.
- The Flu - A Major Troublemaker For People With Asthma - Fall, 2004
- Influenza season will soon be upon us, and for those with asthma this means it's time to get a flu shot.
- Physical Activity and Asthma: Competing Concepts? - Spring, 2004
- Most Oregonians do not even get the recommended 30 minutes of physical activity most days of the week. Physical activity is a key factor in reducing heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes - the leading causes of death for Oregonians. This issue discusses the various strategies that help control asthma and how those strategies can help Oregonians with asthma increase their physical activity.
- Asthma and Obesity: Bizarre Bedfellows or Causal Co-morbidities? - Fall, 2003
- Although the relationship between obesity and asthma is not yet completely understood, we do know that obesity is a growing problem in Oregon and is associated with increased mortality, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and overall healthcare costs. The prevention and treatment of obesity are top priorities for Oregon, which may decrease the burden of asthma, as well a host of other chronic diseases.
- Active Smoking and Asthma: A Volatile Mix - June, 2003
- You might assume that people with asthma avoid smoking. This is a reasonable, albeit incorrect, assumption. Although smoking is a known trigger for asthma, many asthmatics smoke. This publication takes a peek at Oregon data on this incongruous phenomenon.
- Pharmacologic Care for Asthma - December, 2002
- Pharmacologic care for asthma generally relies upon two types of medications. "Controller" medications (primarily inhaled corticosteroids), taken on a daily, long-term basis, reduce airway swelling. These medications are preventive. Alternately,"rescue" medications (primarily short-acting beta2-agonists), taken as needed, quickly relieve the acute constriction of the muscles surrounding the airways that occurs during an asthma attack.
- Emergency Department Visits for Asthma - July, 2002
- In 2000, nearly two million emergency department (ED) visits in the United States were from asthma [a]. These represented 1.7% of all ED visits that year, and 14.4% of ED visits that had a primary diagnosis of respiratory disease (ICD-9-CM of 460-519).
- Disparities in Asthma for African Americans - April, 2002
- While asthma is a disease that affects people of all races and ethnicities, significant racial disparities exist regarding health care utilization for asthma and the most severe consequences of asthma, such as ED visits, hospitalizations and deaths.
- Asthma in Oregon - October, 2001
- During the past 20 years, asthma has increased throughout the United States. By looking at the percent of people with asthma in Oregon, we have learned that the same thing is happening here.
If you need this material in an alternate format, please call the Oregon Asthma Program at (971) 673-0984 or contact us online.
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