ASTHMA RESOURCES

Priority Health classes
Looking for asthma-related classes in your community? Check our wellness class listing.

• Jump to national asthma organizations and resources

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Michigan resources

Asthma Initiative of Michigan
www.getasthmahelp.org

Asthma Camp sponsored by DeVos Children's Hospital
This camp is offered yearly to all children with asthma ages 8-13. Sponsored by DeVos Children's Hospital and promoted by Priority Health, asthma camp is held at Camp Tall Turf near Hesperia, Michigan.
616 459-7206

Better Breathers Support Groups
Sponsored by the American Lung Association
Meet others who share pulmonary diseases, learn about medications, helpful breathing techniques and ways to improve your life.

• Grand Rapids: Sessions are the second Monday of each month May through October from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Priority Health Conference Center. There is no cost.
  616 391-3694 Spectrum Health Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  616 752-6738 Saint Mary's Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  
• Holland: Meets at Holland Hospital, conference room B, the fourth Monday of each month, 1-2:30 p.m. Sessions run from January to April and from September to November.
  616 394-3175
• Cheboygan: For Better Breathers class information call Leslie Miller.
  231 627-1490
• For more locations in Michigan go to the Better Breathers website.
  

Michigan Asthma Communication Network
The site features useful, state-of-the-art information on asthma diagnosis, treatment, and control strategies for health care professionals, parents, children, seniors, schools, employers - anyone with an interest in asthma. This website is the only online asthma resource of its kind - find out what's new in asthma education, and find asthma events and organizations in your area.
866 EZ LUNGS (866 395-8647)
www.getasthmahelp.org

Munson Medical Center in Traverse City offers the Better Breathing educational series. This is an eight-week ongoing series designed for persons with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The most common types of COPD are: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and asthma. Topics include: lung disease, living with chronic illness, medication, exercise, nutrition, stress reduction and relaxation techniques. Classes are also offered in Cadillac, Frankfort, Grayling and Kalkaska.
800 935-8200
www.munsonhealtcare.org

Asthma Network of West Michigan
200 Jefferson SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616 732-8984
www.paanwm.com

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National resources

Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics Inc.
800 878-4405
www.aanma.org

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
85 West Algonquin Road, Suite 550
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
800 842-7777
www.acaai.org

American College of Chest Physicians
www.chestnet.org

American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
800 LUNG-USA (800-586-4872)
www.lungusa.org

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 20th Street NW, Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
800 727-8462
www.aafa.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Environmental Health, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch
1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-17
Atlanta, GA 30333
888 232-6789 (for publications) or 404 639-2520
www.cdc.gov/asthma

Environmental Protection Agency
800 490-9198
www.epa.gov

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
800 929-4040
www.foodallergy.org

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
www.nhlbi.nih.gov

National Jewish Medical and Research Center
(You do not have to be Jewish to call.)
800 222-LUNG (1-800-222-5864)
www.njc.org