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Featured Projects
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Asthma Here partners with community leaders who are dedicated to improving the lives
of people with asthma. We recommend and promote the use of proven strategies via
partnerships with nurses, teachers, physicians, parents, principals, hospital administrators,
and public health officials. Projects awaiting your leadership are presented here.
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Sport Coaches Training
Children with asthma are encouraged to be active. They are members of baseball,
soccer, basketball and other sport teams. In fact, 22% of the 1998 US Winter Olympic
team had asthma. Coaches must know how to manage the athlete with asthma ... Olympian
or little leaguer.
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Partnering with Parents
Children spend approximately half of their awake time at school. An asthma action
plan is the foundation for successful asthma management and good communication between
parents/guardians and school nurses.
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Evaluate New Health Literacy Materials
The process of communicating complex information for successful asthma management can be very difficult. A portion of poor health outcomes for children with asthma may be explained by low health literacy. The development of educational tools that work in community settings is vital to improving the health and well-being of children with asthma.
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School Asthma Improvement Recommendations
School policies can have a significant impact on the management of children with
asthma. To help leaders assess and improve school health, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) developed an asthma module for the school health index,
a nationally recognized best practice for improving school health.
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Indoor Environment Assessment
Environmental triggers play a significant role in the management of asthma. They
are often overlooked or unnoticed in homes by even the most diligent patients, parents
and caregivers. Using a checklist developed by the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), a thorough review of a home’s indoor environment can detect hidden triggers
and enhance asthma knowledge of patients, parents and caregivers.
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