COPD Publications for Health and Community Professionals

Health care providers play an important role in the diagnosis and management of COPD. Often a visit to a physician's office is not triggered by breathing issues and patients do not always fully report their symptoms. Use the resources below to help patients and their families and caregivers learn more about signs and symptoms of COPD to help start the conversation.

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Download the publications and presentations below to share valuable COPD information with patients and others in your community.

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What you should know about COPD

What You Should Know About COPD - Presentation for Community Outreach

 

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COPD National Action Plan Presentation

Talk about the COPD National Action Plan at meetings, conferences, or during webinars. Feel free to use this in its entirety or pick and choose the slides that are most relevant to your audience. 

COPD National Action Plan Slides PPT version

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COPD National Action Plan Slides PDF version

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COPD: A National Health Issue

COPD: A National Health Issue

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A Quick Guide On COPD

Living Better with COPD

Living Better with COPD

COPD and Vaccines: What You Should Know

COPD and Vaccines: What You Should Know

Better Talk Means Better Treatment

Better Talk Means Better Treatment

What You Say Makes a Difference

What You Say Makes a Difference

Are Your Lungs Trying to Tell You Something?

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COPD National Action Plan

COPD National Action Plan At-A-Glance

COPD Data on Perceptions and Awareness

The Learn More Breathe Better program tracks and gathers insights into consumer and health care provider attitudes and behaviors related to COPD. This includes awareness and knowledge about the disease, experience with symptoms, patient communication and information, and physicians' approaches to COPD treatment and management.

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of the Individuals Affected and the Providers Who Treat Them (2018)

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of the Individuals Affected and the Providers Who Treat Them (2018)

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of Physicians Who Diagnose and Treat COPD (2017)

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of Physicians Who Diagnose and Treat COPD (2017)

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of Individuals Affected, Their Caregivers, and the Physicians Who Diagnose and Treat Them (2016)

COPD: Tracking Perceptions of Individuals Affected, Their Caregivers, and the Physicians Who Diagnose and Treat Them (2016)

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Original source files can also be requested if additional customization is needed. Customization must be limited to adding your logo and/or modifying the size to better fit the publication specification. Please limit resizing to within 10% of available height to width ratios. Customized ads are subject to approval by NHLBI.

To request these files, please send an email to NHLBIinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov.