Asthma

1.Asthma the basic facts
Download Asthma the basic Facts [PDF 925KB]
Fourteen pages, lots of text and some pictures.
This document can also be obtained in Italian, Greek, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, Sudanese, Croatian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Macedonian.
Go to Asthma Foundation SA website for other languages information

2. Asthma-Basic Facts
Six pages.
The updated, abbreviated version of the above document.
Download Asthma - basic facts [PDF 1.04MB]

3. Asthma and Under-5s
Two pages.
Information for parents and carers.
Download Asthma and under 5's [PDF 874KB]

4. My Asthma
About children's asthma.
Eight page brochure with colour and pictures, written in first person.
Best if an adult reads to a child.
Download My Asthma [PDF 1.01MB]

5. Asthma and Seniors
DL colour brochure. Explains about asthma and ageing, particularly medications, lung health and vaccinations.
Download Asthma and Seniors [PDF 904KB]

6. Asthma First Aid
Aimed at schools, but this could be used by families or employers where there is low literacy in the workforce or household.
Good as a quick first aid guide for people with low literacy levels.
Download Asthma First Aid [PDF 2.35MB]

7. General First Aid Resources
This provides a link to an A3 and A4 first aid poster, mini card (to put in wallet), instruction card and resource order form.
Go to Asthma Foundation website for General First Aid

8. Asthma Devices - How To Use Them and Asthma First Aid
Twelve pages.
Combination of pictures and text.
Some sections could be used without reading the text.
Download Asthma Devices [PDF 516KB]

9. Asthma Medications - A Guide To Using Medication and Devices
Sixteen pages.
Mixture of pictures and text.
Parts of this document are at a low literacy level.
Download Asthma medications [PDF 2.35MB]

10. Inhaler Technique Videos
Online videos
Go to Asthma Foundation website for Inhaler Technique Videos

11. Asthma and COPD Medications
One page, pictorial chart.
Go to National Asthma Council Australia website for Asthma and COPD Medications chart

12. Asthma Action Plan
Simple English, pictorial representation.
Download Asthma Action Plan [PDF 1.19MB]
For indigenous, Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic, Hindi, Bosnian, Spanish, Sudanese and Gujarati resources, Go to Asthma Foundation website for action plan in other languages

13. Everyday Action Plan
Designed for remote indigenous Australians with a low level of literacy in English. Can be used for other clients with a low literacy level.
Download Everyday Action Plan [PDF 94.3KB]

14. My Asthma Action Plan
Funded by Department of Health and Ageing. Two page written document to be filled in by the client.
Download My Asthma Action Plan [PDF 108KB]

15. National Asthma Council Asthma Action Plan
Two pages. Uses some illustrations.
Download National Asthma Council Asthma Action Plan [PDF 323KB]

16. Paediatric Asthma Action Plan
For children, one page, uses words and illustrations.
Download Children's version [PDF 536KB]
Download English version [PDF 243KB]
Download Arabic version [PDF 875KB]
Download Chinese version [PDf 1.33MB]
Download Vietnamese version [PDF 1.98MB]

17. Asthma In The Home
Twenty pages, uses pictorial representations and text.
Parts of this document are at a low literacy level, but generally, the reader needs to rely on text to fully explain the picture.
Download Asthma In The Home [PDF 644KB]

18. Asthma and Allergy-Friendly Gardens
Two pages, lots of text, some pictures. Readers needs to be literate.
Download Asthma and Allergy-Friendly Gardens [PDF 286KB]

1. The Asthma Foundation of Victoria
For local information phone 1800 645 130 or Go to Asthma Foundation Victoria website

For online resources, the following websites are easy to navigate:
2.Go to Asthma Foundation QLD website

3. Go to Asthma Foundation NSW website and:
Go to Asthma Foundation website for First Aid resources

4. Go to Asthma Foundation SA website for Asthma information sheets

5. Royal Flying Doctors Service
Holds a range of updated information from Asthma Australia which is not held on the state Asthma websites.
Go to Royal Flying Doctors Service website for asthma information

6. Go to National Asthma Council website for Asthma Action Library

7. Asthma Buddy i-phone app.

1. Referral to GP
-Assessment, action plans if required
-Medication prescription and management; Internal DGCHS referral;
-Client’s own GP

2. Referral to Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP) (particularly for Asthma)
Supported assistance in developing self-management strategies to avoid hospital admission

3. Go to Asthma Foundation website for information and support groups

For asthma plans and information brochures:
4. Go to Asthma Foundation Victoria website

For fact sheets/general information;
-locating service providers;
-emergency action plans:
5. Go to Better Health Channel website

6. Go to National Asthma Council Australia website for Emergency Asthma Action Plans
- providing instruction on first aid to manage an asthma attack

7. Lifestyle change
Physical Activity:
–possible referral to physiotherapy or exercise physiologist;
–community based exercise groups
-internal referral to DGCHS physiotherapy/exercise physiologist
-consider community base groups – Moonee Valley program

Smoking Cessation:referral to QUIT
For QUIT information:
8. Go to QUIT Victoria website

For smoking cessation, advice on local groups/QUIT programs:
Go to QUITCoach website for online Quit smoking coaching

9. Referral to Better Health Self -Management Program
-6 week program to develop self-management strategies
-Refer to E-key/Front page of website for next course date.