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Focus on Asthma

Focus on Asthma. Poorly controlled asthma can affect a child’s ability to exercise, self-esteem, school performance, school attendance. Asthma action plans can decrease preventable illness.

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Focus on Asthma

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  1. Focus on Asthma • Poorly controlled asthma can affect • a child’s ability to exercise, • self-esteem, • school performance, • school attendance. • Asthma action plans can decrease preventable illness. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 2007. National Asthma Education and Prevention Expert Panel report 3: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. Bethesda (MD): National Institutes of Health. Available from URL: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/epr3/index.htm

  2. Stage One: Asthma Toolkit

  3. Stage Two: Technology Enabled Enable the program with technologies for improved access, efficiencies, confidential student tracking and direct communication lines with health professionals. Our focus is on good communication among health professionals, school staff, and families through ongoing exchange of information, agreement on goals and strategies, and a sharing of responsibilities.

  4. SchoolPortal

  5. Beacon Impact 47 school districts = total population 0f 84,000 students 5,000 have an asthma severity level where an annually generated AAP is deemed helpful in the school Prior to Beacon less than 1% of students had an AAP consented to be shared in school in just three counties (~400). In Numbers 2012: 2,500+ students have consented AAP in schools across 11 counties 2013: 4,800+ students targeted

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