Hello,

I am an intern with the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and I am doing research on best practices for educating adults with asthma. We curently have programs for children/teens but are wondering how to effectively educate adults living with asthma.

I am hoping for educated opinions/hypothesis, current research articles related to my research, and/or any programs currently being implemented that I could use as a guide.

All comments are greatly appreciated! Also, feel free to send me an email!

Thanks,

I am a medical education researcher and am fielding a survey to patients or caregivers of individuals suffering from moderate-to-severe asthma to understand their specific challenges. The purpose of the research is to develop a report/publication to inform supporters of patient education of the real-world needs within the community. I am offering a $10 Walmart or Amazon gift card for complete responses to the final survey (should take no more than 10-15 minutes). Your responses will be considered confidential and not linked back to you in any way.

Anyone know of a survey/questionnaire I can use to assess asthma knowledge and management skills based on the guidelines among internal and family medicine residents?

Do you have female asthma patients who could use help managing their disease? We are recruiting participants for Women Breathe Free, an evidence-based educational program created by the University of Michigan’s Center for Managing Chronic Disease. The program’s goal is to help women across the United States gain better control over their asthma and their lives. Allergy & Asthma Network has partnered with the university to implement the program at the community level.

Only limited involvement with the Schools was mentioned.  We are looking in the Albany NY area to focus attention in schools serving our high asthma impact geographic areas (hospital admissions, readmissions, and ED visits), since the schools:

Is the DVD available to other communities. We have a large Chinese population in St. Louis and would like to be able to provide this tool for that community?

For the Peach State Team - did all 700 teens go to one clinic or various places throughout city? Also, were you specific to a geographic area?

For the 1st group, Multnumal (?) did you say you got the $400,000 for home repairs from HUD?

Thanks - Viviane McKay

For each presenter:

1. Does your asthma action plan have a specific section for applicable triggers?

2. What % of students with asthma have an AAP on file with their school?

3. Does the AAP also serve as the formal medication authorization?