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Asthma
National Information
- Asthma
- Indoor Air Quality
- AirNow for Outdoor Air Quality maps & forecasts for your area
Region 5 Contacts
- State, local and Tribal asthma programs - Fayette Bright (bright.fayette@epa.gov) 312-886-6069
- State and local asthma programs, Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools - Jeanette Marrero (marrero.jeanette@epa.gov) 312-886-6543
- Environmental tobacco smoke - Helen Mollsen (mollsen.helen@epa.gov) 312-886-7901
We work with many partners throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin to help residents with asthma manage their disease. We help educate people living with asthma, their health care providers and care givers on how to reduce exposure to environmental triggers of asthma.
State Asthma Programs & Contacts
Illinois
Illinois Department of Public Health 
Illinois Asthma Partnership Strategic Plan (PDF) (40pp, 3.2MB) June 2006
Cheryl Lee (Cheryl.L.Lee@illinois.gov), 217-785-4330
Anjanette Manzy (anjanette.manzy@illinois.gov), 217-782-1230
Indiana
Indiana State Department of Health's Asthma Program
Indiana State Asthma Plan 2009-2014 (PDF) (28pp, 1.5MB) November 2010
Barbara Lucas (BarLucas@isdh.in.gov), 317-233-7299/p>
Michigan
Asthma Initiative of Michigan
Asthma in Michigan: A Blueprint for Action Strategic Plan 2011 – 2014 (PDF) (19pp, 324K) August 2011
Charlyn Primous (cprimous@alam.org), Toll Free (only in MI): 866-EZ LUNGS
Robert Wahl (WahlR@michigan.gov), 517-335-9151
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Health
Strategic Plan for Addressing Asthma in Minnesota 2007
Kathleen Norlien (Kathleen.Norlien@state.mn.us), 651-201-4613
Ohio
Barbara Hickcox (Barbara.Hickcox@odh.ohio.gov), 614-644-8286
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Asthma Coalition
Wisconsin Asthma Plan (PDF) (128 pp, 2.7MB) 2003
Christine Rameker (ramekcc@dhfs.state.wi.us), 608-267-6845
Kristen Grimes (KGrimes@chw.org), 414-292-4001
Other asthma resources
- Asthma Community Network.org EPA sponsors this online network of community-based asthma programs.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Asthma Control Program
- Winning with Asthma - the Coach's Asthma Clipboard - from MN Department of Health and Utah Department of Health