From: Asthma education material for children and their families; a global survey of current resources
Country | Are there national bodies producing asthma educational material and/are they of high enough quality? | Accessible via web? | Do you use this material? | Is there evidence for its effectiveness? |
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Argentina | Yes/Yes | Google, Medline, etc. | Yes | Yes insufficient |
Australia | Yes/Yes | Nationalasthma.org.au | Yes | Yes unsure what |
Austria | Yes/Yes | No | Yes | Yes for some issues |
Bangladesh | Yes/No | Hard copy only | Yes | Yes |
Belarus | Yes/Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Brazil | No | - | - | - |
Canada | Yes/Yes Yes/Yes | www.asthma.ca/ www.aaia.ca [Eng & French] www.lung.ca | Yes No | No No |
Croatia | Yes/Yes | asjastipic90@gmail.com | Yes | Yes |
Cuba | Yes/Yes | Yes | No | |
Denmark | No | - pharma prod material is available | - | - |
Ecuador | No | From AAAAI and WAO | - | - |
Egypt | Yes/No | Yes | No | |
Greece | No | - | - | - |
Portugal | Yes/Yes | Hard copy only | Yes | Yes a little |
India | No Yes/Yes | Is pharma prod material Yes | - - | - - |
Iran | Yes/Yes | Iranian Society of Asthma & Allergy (ISAA) | Yes | No |
Japan | Yes/Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kuwait | Yes/No | No | Yes | Yes |
Latvia | Yes/No | yes | Yes | No |
Lebanon | No | - Is pharma prod material | - | - |
Panama | Yes/No | No | No | Yes |
Sri Lanka | Yes/No | No | No | |
Sweden | Yes/Yes | No | Yes | |
Switzerland | Yes/Yes | http://www.aha.ch/swiss-allergy-centre/info-on-allergies/?oid=1444&lang=en | Yes | No |
Turkey | Yes/No | No | Yes | Yes |
Uruguay | No | No Use AAAAI Spanish info | Yes | Yes |
UK | Yes/Yes | http://www.asthma.org.uk/advice www.asthma.org.uk/knowledge-bank | Yes | No |
Venezuela | Yes/No | No | - | - |
Zimbabwe | No | - | - | - |