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Fulton County Offers Free Session on Managing Asthma at the Adamsville Health Center
The session will take place on Thursday, August 16, 2012 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm.
As part of its Fulton Asthma Improvement and Reduction Project (F.A.I.R.), Fulton County Health Services will offer a free education session for all concerned residents to help them learn how to identify and manage asthma.
The session will take place on Thursday, August 16, 2012 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm at the Adamsville Regional Health Center located at 3700 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30331.
A licensed Respiratory Therapist will leach attendees how to:
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• Identify signs of an asthma episode
• Identify asthma triggers
• Manage asthma episodes
• How to make your home healthy and
• Receive asthma medication information
Light refreshments will be served.
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According to the American Lung Association, 24,657 children and nearly 55,000 adults suffer from asthma in Fulton County. The F.A.I.R. Project began in May 2012 as a result of a resolution sponsored, by Vice Chair Emma I. Darnell (District 5), that directed the County Manager and Director of Health Services to develop an Asthma Control Action Plan to address asthma-related disparities in Fulton County.
For more information about this Free Education Session on Managing Asthma, call 404-755-8788. For more information about the F.A.I.R. Initiative, call 404-613-3497.
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