Welcome
Welcome to PSAC, also know as the Puget Sound Asthma Coalition. Thank you for visiting. Grab a cup of tea and enjoy. This website is a living site, a collaboration of many people coming together to connect, learn and together make a positive difference. You are always welcome here.
We, Puget Sound Asthma Coalition are a diverse collaboration of individuals, families, healthcare providers, business, school, Tribes, non-profits, and government organizations working to improve quality of life through education, outreach, innovation, and advocacy. General Membership meetings are held on the third Thursday and are open to all community members.
Ours is a community of many hands sharing, learning and helping each other. You are invited to join us.
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Asthma: We focus on asthma awareness, education, management and prevention.
Indoor Air Quality: Did you know we spend about 90% of our time indoors. The health of our homes, schools and indoor spaces matters!!
Climate Events and Environment: When our ambient air is clean we are all healthier and can breathe better. Unfortunately not everyone has clean air. Pollution , wildfire smoke, wood burning smoke & extreme weather all impact our air and your breath.
Disparities in Asthma Asthma isn't the same for everyone. Depending who you are, where you live, what industry you work in matters. We care and want to help make a difference
Asthma is a chronic (or lifelong) disease that can be serious—even life-threatening, but with proper management, you or your loved one with asthma can live a normal, healthy life.
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Breathing Space
Welcome to PSAC's Breathing Space. Breathing Space is our online forum. A community gathering space.. It runs like Facebook, a place to share, to learn, to get links, archives and connect with each other.. You can join, find resources, post, learn, share and more. It's a goldmine of goodies. Sign in, post, learn, sign up for events and explore. Welcome!!
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PSAC Lunch & Learns
Our next online gathering is March 19th noon to 1:00pm (PT). Click here for details. Welcome!
Topic: Why and How to choose healthy building materials
Click here for our March Newsletter Events and Resource Share
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In The News
Don't Fear Spring Allergies and Asthma - from the American Lung Association
Tips for Safe Spring Cleaning- from American Lung Association
Tips for coping with Spring Allergies- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit Wildfire Action Plan and Caregiver tool kit-
How to Choose a Portable Air Cleaner
Free Asthma Home Visits- King County for children 6-12 with asthma