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The week of July 15-19, the National Integrated Heat Health Information (NIHHIS) Interagency Communications Group is holding the second of three heat season awareness social media campaigns. The President’s Task Force is participating by sharing federal agency member materials and information that interested groups can use to communicate actions individuals and communities can take to prepare for heat and prevent heat-related illness and death, especially among vulnerable infants and children. This activity is part of coordinated federal activities to address the threat of health impacts to heat. More information is available at Heat.gov.
For more on the Heat Season Awareness campaign and related federal agency social media resources, please see the full article.
For children with asthma, heat can provoke asthma symptoms, especially because warmer temperatures can worsen air quality. Breathing polluted air can trigger asthma attacks. In addition, humidity and dehydration can worsen lung function and can contribute to more severe asthma symptoms. Poor and minority children overall experience higher rates of asthma and can suffer disparate impacts from heat. The Heat and Health Initiative has released Clinical Guidance to help health care providers keep at-risk individuals such as children with asthma safe when temperatures rise. This guidance is the first nationally available information for healthcare and public health professionals to protect the population, including those more sensitive to heat, from the impact of heat on their health. Included in the guidance are Patient Management and Patient Toolkits with tips and action plans for both children and teens with asthma.
