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World COPD Day - Wednesday 15th November 2006
http://www.goldcopd.com/WCDIndex.asp
Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ)
http://www.ccq.nl/
The Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ) is a short health status questionnaire for patients with COPD. The main purpose of this questionnaire is the measurement of health status of patients with breathing difficulties due to their illness.
COPD-ALERT
http://www.copd-alert.com/
http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/COPD-ALERT
Perhaps, you will be interested to link with our site. Our organization is a member of the US COPD Coalition and closely affiliated with NHLBI, ATS, NLHEP, and other organizations. I think that your members might be interested in our activities and, perhaps, even join us. We have two sites, a public one, and a secure one for group members. To join one needs to write to COPD-ALERT-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Membership is free.
We are COPD-ALERT, an Internet-based, nonprofit, support and advocacy group for COPD patients, caregivers, and medical professionals.
http://www.goldcopd.com/
Aims to recommend effective COPD management and prevention strategies for use in all countries; increase awareness of the medical community, public health officials and the general public that COPD is a public health problem and implement effective programs to prevent COPD National Lung Health Education Program: Resources
http://www.nlhep.org/resources.html#phys
Resources for patients, physicians and health professionals from the National Lung Health Education Program, Colarado, US.
International COPD Coalition (ICC)
The International COPD Coalition (ICC) is a nonprofit organization composed of COPD patient organizations around the world, working together to imporve the health and access to care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
http://www.internationalcopd.org/
Spirometry Training
NIOSH (Spirometry Update - separate website)