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Awareness Strategies

The following are the awareness strategies that could be implemented to reduce environmental
triggers. Awareness strategies are intended to increase general or population-specific knowledge

about asthma and ways to reduce the burden of asthma in their own lives. It is encouraged to
utilize existing evidence and guidelines-based strategies and products when applicable.

• Increase the smoking and • Create a school program • Increase awareness
e-cigarette awareness. to educate students on the among asthma patients

• Create a marketing differences between healthy and caregivers to prevent
campaign to attract and unhealthy breathing asthma exacerbations.
target groups to decrease environments. • Create a video campaign to
smoking. • Create a “Frequently Asked increase asthma awareness.

• Increase awareness of 3rd Questions checklist for • Create an information
hand smoke. people to use in school toolkit for asthma patients
environments, workplaces
• Increase awareness and public spaces. and caregivers to use to
of asthma triggers for know what laws, rules or

asthma patients and their • Develop and implement regulations exist to protect
caregivers. a tool to teach kids to them from environmental
recognize their own triggers that impact air
• Encourage schools to triggers. quality such as odors, fumes

participate in the programs
to raise parent awareness and open burning.
about outdoor and indoor
air quality.

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