Asthma Awareness Month

Published on April 30, 2026

Each May, Asthma Awareness Month (AAM) serves as an important opportunity for public health leaders to highlight the importance of management, education and access to care. Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects millions of Americans, including one in twelve children in our community. When not properly managed, asthma can lead to emergency room visits, hospitalizations, missed school and reduced quality of life. AAM is a time to raise awareness about asthma prevention and promote strategies that help people live healthier, symptom-free lives.

The SA Kids Building Relationships, Effective Asthma Teaching in Home Environment, or SA Kids BREATHE (SAKB) program is a free city program. It was created in partnership with the South Texas Asthma Coalition. The program addresses high hospitalization rates among children with asthma. Its primary goal is to improve the quality of the lives of children with asthma by teaching them and their families the best practices to control their asthma.

Through community outreach, collaborations and education initiatives our SAKB program can help families with children under 18 to recognize symptoms, understand triggers such as air pollution, allergens, and environmental irritants and learn how to properly manage asthma through medications and asthma action plans.

Asthma Awareness Month is ultimately a call to action. By bringing together healthcare providers, schools, community organizations, and families, public health can strengthen partnerships that improve early asthma management, expand access to resources and support healthier environments where people with asthma can thrive.