Asthma resources
Priority Health classes
Looking for asthma-related classes in your community?
Check our wellness class listing.
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.
616 391-2125 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 - 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.
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.
www.munsonhealthcare.org Asthma Network of West Michigan 200 Jefferson SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616 685-1430 www.asthmanetworkwm.org
National resources
Allergy and Asthma Network - Mothers of Asthmatics Inc.
800 878-4403
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
800 232-4636
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)
