ASTHMA AND ALLERGY FOUNDATION OF

Education for health care professionals, patients, and caregivers:offer accredited, continuing education for health care professionals (doctors, practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists, asthma educators, and community health workers) on asthma and allergy-related topics. Provide free patient and caregiver education through information packets and booklets, webinars, podcasts, and online courses. Support a national network of asthma programs and educators. Offer asthma education programs to health departments.

Patient-centered research:incorporate patient perspectives and preferences into the design, conduct, and dissemination of asthma and allergy research to improve health outcomes and inform decision-making. Develop interventions that prioritize what matters most to patients and their families. Recruit clinical trial participants as well as patient advisors for patient-focused drug development. Collect and analyze patient-reported outcomes; patient experience, behaviors, preferences, knowledge; real-world evidence; health care claims data; and other data. Translate research findings to patients, clinicians, and other stakeholders. Publish impact and burden of disease reports. Publish manuscripts, abstracts, white papers, and posters.