Children's Asthma Program

Asthma can be a manageable disease through educating asthmatic children and their families about methods to control and prevent asthma attacks.

The focus of our program is to improve management of asthma for children and families in Wake County and surrounding areas by concentrating on comprehensive education.

The overall goals of the Children's Asthma Program are to:

• Decrease the need for hospitalizations related to asthma
• Decrease the need for emergency department visits related to asthma
• Decrease school absences
• Improve quality of life

Our Services

The Children's Asthma Program is a service provided without charge to Wake County and surrounding area children (ages 3 to 17) and their families. Our program will provide individualized and group educational sessions, pulmonary function testing (for children ages 5 to 17), and asthma knowledge assessments.

Classes are available in our Raleigh office and at WakeMed Cary Hospital.  The educational sessions will provide information related to asthma taken from the NIH guidelines (basic understanding of asthma, triggers, environmental control, warning signs, medications, MDI use with spacer, nebulizer use and peak flow monitoring).

Physician approval is required for participation in the Children's Asthma Program. The Children's Asthma Program works in conjunction with the child's primary care physician and the school system.

For more information about the WakeMed Children's Asthma Program, please call 919-350-6895.  Our fax number is 919-231-5127.