THERE ARE approximately
900,000 asthmatics in
Canada and almost one-third
are children, says Kelly
’ Ablog, coordinator of the
British Columbia Lung
Association’s Family Asthma

Education Program.

- Asthma is the leading
cause of chronic illness in
children and is responsible
for twenty-five per cent of all
school days lost for ali
chronic diseases that cause

The Family Asthma
Education Program was
developed by a multi-
disciplinary team to help
both asthmatic children and
their parents to understand
the disease, its treatment, and

said Ablog. She added that
the program also gives the
parents an opportunity to
learn how to manage their
child’s asthmatic condition
on a day to day basis.
Ablog said that the pro-

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Asthma affects thousands of kids

Leading cause of chronic illness

school age and school age
groups and will begin in late
September at Children’s
Hospital. The program costs
$30 for a family, and includes
four two-hour sessions con-
sisting of both a planned ex-

educational component, she
added.

Anyone wanting more in-
formation on the Family
Asthma Education Program
is urged to contact the British
Columbia Lung Association

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school absences, adds Ablog. _its effects upon the family,

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