Champ Camp: the Colorado Children's Asthma Camp experience.
To encourage children with asthma to enjoy outdoor activities without physical or psychosocial impairment, children's asthma camps are established throughout the country sponsored by organizations including local and state allergy societies. We wish to describe our Colorado "Champ Camp" experience as a model and reference for future similar efforts and to encourage networking by medical leadership for information sharing and guidelines development nationally. Statistics from parents' satisfaction surveys over 8 years demonstrate a positive influence on attitudes toward asthma and confidence to enter activities and sports with children without asthma.
Silvers
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Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinic of Colorado, Englewood 80111.
Holbreich
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Go
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Morrison
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Dennis
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Marostica
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Buckley
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