Psycho-social Aspects of Asthma

Friday, July 17, 2009, 12:20
Asthma
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Nancy:: So what I wanted to do is I figured, “You know what? I’m going to write about this for other patients in my doctor’s office.” And so I just started a little newsletter, wanting to bridge that research directly to families, and a newspaper reporter picked up on the story, and ever since that time, 15 years ago this month, the organization has been publishing a newsletter and having a national reach. We also now publish a magazine and books and a variety of materials for families.
Erin:: That’s so great that you would take an initiative to create such a valuable resource.
Nancy:: It started out as Mothers of Asthmatics. I had no idea that it was going to be a national organization, and so I was writing it from a mother’s heart, and I had all these children with asthma in my family. That’s how the name got started. But we actually do service families and adults as well. About half of our members are adults, and the other half are parents of children with asthma and young people with asthma and allergies. People can get in touch with us through our Web site, aanma.org, or our 800 number, which is 800-878-4403. And we’re happy to help.
Erin:: Now, what kinds of services do you offer?
Nancy:: We have a magazine in particular that is really very, very popular, our magazine and our newsletter, so people who contact our organization and join will receive something in their mailbox every single month from us. It’ll either be the newsletter or the magazine, and these are filled with, useful tips like how to coordinate your child’s care at school or how to participate in a registry if you’re pregnant. What to do in case of an emergency. We had one whole issue on how to deal with pet issues at home when you have pet allergies.

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