Environmental Health
Pediatric Asthma
Resources and training to help manage the environmental triggers of pediatric asthma
NEEF's Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Guidelines training equips pediatric health care providers and clinicians with knowledge and tools to manage environmental asthma triggers and intervention strategies. Developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Asthma Control Program, the training is available online or in-person.
Provider Training and Resources
Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma: Guidelines for Health Care Providers
2025 Update Available! These guidelines aim to integrate environmental management of asthma into pediatric...
Pediatric Environmental History Form
Questionnaires to screen for health conditions associated with environmental exposures.
Environmental History Form for Pediatric Asthma Patients
Asthma Intake form to help identify environmental triggers for children already diagnosed with asthma...
Breathing Easier: What's New in the Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma
NEEF’s Asthma Champions share updated guidelines, climate-related triggers, and practical tools for providers and families.
Environmental Intervention Guidelines and Patient Handouts
This resource provides additional follow-up questions and intervention solutions for environmental asthma...
Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Online Course
This eLearning program was developed to help pediatric healthcare providers and clinicians manage...
Pediatric Asthma Environmental History Form Now Available in Multiple Languages
NEEF’s Environmental History Form for Pediatric Asthma Patients is now available in multiple languages...
Five Common Indoor Asthma Triggers
Nearly 28 million people in the US are affected by asthma. This infographic shows the five most common indoor...
NEEF and Hip Hop Public Health created EMPOWER, a multimedia asthma education initiative using original music and animated videos to help young people build practical self-management skills. The program supports the CDC’s EXHALE strategies for improving asthma control and reducing asthma-related emergencies.
Asthma Faculty Champion On-Site Training
NEEF’s Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma Guidelines for Health Care Providers is a one-hour learning session that engages providers around foundational information and skills for asthma care and management.
Sessions are led by trained Asthma Faculty Champions who are practicing pediatric physicians with authentic engagement and years of serving children and families. This network of Asthma Faculty Champions consists of faculty members at leading academic institutions who:
- Take a leadership role in integrating environmental management of pediatric asthma into medical and nursing schools in a sustainable fashion
- Train their colleagues, teach courses, and provide expertise and support in their institutions and surrounding communities
- Serve models for integrating environmental management of asthma into health professional education
If you are interested in becoming an Asthma Faculty Champion, or if you would like to arrange for an environmental management of pediatric asthma training in your facility, please contact health@neefusa.org.
School Nurses are on the Front Lines in the Fight Against Pediatric Asthma
Thanks to NEEF's Asthma Faculty Champion Training, thousands of pediatricians and school nurses across the country are better equipped to support children with asthma and their families.