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The course addresses the causes, signs and symptoms of asthma; asthma triggers; the key elements of asthma control; and strategies for creating asthma-friendly schools. Additionally, it provides suggested changes that can be made to reduce triggers in school environments, such as removing upholstered furniture and ensuring good indoor environmental quality (IEQ).

The course design incorporates nationally recognized, research-based standards for online professional development and provides teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) with the opportunity to obtain certificate hours and other professional development credit. A total of 2.5 certificate hours can be earned by taking the course and up to 65 additional certificate hours can be earned by completing one or more of the extra-credit projects offered.

Course highlights include:

• course content modeled after National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidance
• a pre- and post- knowledge based assessment, handouts, and additional resources
• practical assignments (activities and extra-credit projects) with opportunities for hands-on application and reflection
• a professional development handout that contains detailed information on how this course can help NEA members achieve their goals for professional growth and development

Logic Model Basics

"What difference are you making? How do you know it? What is the value of your program?" Do these questions sound familiar? Are they questions you are being asked?  The logic model helps us design results-based programs and have data to answer important questions. This course has 7 sections. We start with a basic, simple concept and add to it over the various sections to provide a thorough foundation in the use of logic models. Each section contains many useful resources and activities. We hope you will explore them fully.

A note to users of this PDF document:

This document is a static, printable version of an interactive, online course available at:

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/lmcourse/

This document serves two groups of learners:

1. Those with limited internet access (either due to cost or time) who want a version of the course that can be downloaded and used offline.

2. Those who want a printed version for reading and taking notes while working through the online course, or as a stand alone learning tool.

We have attempted to make the PDF file easy to navigate and use, but it will not replicate the interactive experience that an online user would have.

The National Asthma Education Prevention Program's (NAEPP) Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR3) guidelines have stressed the need for environmental control measures for asthma, but there is limited evidence of their efficacy. To examine the effectiveness of an in-home asthma intervention program for children and adults in Connecticut, the Connecticut Department of Health conducted a panel study to analyze quality-of-life indicators for asthmatic patients and the cost–benefit relationship in preventive care versus acute care.

The Asthma Indoor Reduction Strategies (AIRS) program was developed to reduce acute asthma episodes and improve asthma control through patient education and a home environmental assessment. Follow-up was conducted at 2-week, 3-month, and 6-month intervals. Measured quality-of-life indicators included number of unscheduled acute care visits, days absent from school/work due to asthma, times rescue inhaler used, and number of symptom-free days. Repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to determine whether significant differences exist in quality-of-life indicators at follow-up compared to that at the initial visit. Cost–benefit analysis was conducted by tabulating costs associated with physician office visits and emergency department (ED) visits due to asthma for children and adults separately.

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