Welcome to the CARAT website.

The CARAT is a Child Asthma Risk Assessment Tool designed to help clinicians, asthma counselors and parents determine potential risks for children with asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease with multiple risk factors and causes; recent research has shown that the factors responsible for asthma symptoms and attacks can vary widely from child to child.

The 'Risk Profile' section offers the risk assessment tool that is designed to rapidly provide a personal risk profile for a child with asthma. This tool looks at a variety of potential risks for a child and then reports only those factors affecting that child. Discover what factors affect your child's asthma by completing the risk profile.

The remainder of the CARAT website provides details on what asthma is, what causes asthma symptoms, and what can be done to reduce exposure to these asthma triggers. It is here that you can learn more about the specific factors affecting your child's asthma that were highlighted in the risk profile.

	What is Asthma? Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children in the United States. Learn the facts about childhood asthma.		Asthma Risk Factors Allergies, tobacco smoke, medications, attitudes, and the environment all affect asthma. Understand how these and other factors can trigger asthma symptoms and what you can do to lower the risk.
	Risk Profile Complete a survey and immediately review the results to discover what factors affect YOUR child's asthma.		NIAID Asthma Studies The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases conducts many asthma research studies. Find out more about this research and its findings.
	Asthma Resources Find out more about asthma from these helpful websites.		Frequently Asked Questions Read the answers to commonly asked questions.