Self management materials

Asthma UK’s ‘Be in control’ materials have been developed to help people with asthma to self manage and take better control of their asthma. They are based on an extensive review of the evidence supporting self-management and have been evaluated by healthcare professionals and people with asthma.

When you order this group of materials you will also receive a guideline for healthcare professionals providing background on self-management and a set of example case histories that illustrate how the materials can be used with people with asthma.

Making the Most of Your Asthma Review
This booklet outlines what people with asthma can expect to happen at their asthma review and gives them examples of questions they might ask. Send this card to people with asthma when reminding them about their next asthma review.

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Asthma Peak Flow Diary
This is for people with asthma to record their daily peak flow and/or symptoms. It is intended for people who wish to be more involved in managing their asthma, who have had a recent exacerbation or who have moderate to severe asthma symptoms (step 3 or above on the BTS/SIGN stepwise approach).

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Personal Asthma Action Plan
The Personal Asthma Action Plan is intended for use by people with asthma aged 12 and over. You should fill this in with them so that they have written information about what actions to take when their symptoms get better or worse. It also includes information about what to do during an asthma attack. This should be given to most people with regular symptoms, or who are at risk of attacks.

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Asthma UK has recently updated the content of our PAAP & we will be reviewing the look and feel of our PAAP in 2009. For more information please click here.

We are currently developing Personal Asthma Action Plans for children with asthma aged 8-11 and are conducting an online survey of children with asthma to get their ideas about the type of action plan they would like.

Click here for a link to the children's asthma survey

For children under five years of age a personal asthma action plan can be downloaded.

Under 5s Asthma Action Plan (81 kb)

Asthma Medicine Card
This provides people with asthma with written information about their medicines and when to take them, how to recognise signs of worsening symptoms and information about what to do when symptoms get worse. This should be given to everyone who has asthma and is taking prescribed asthma medicines. It is credit card-sized so people with asthma can keep it with them.

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