General Community

There are six requirements to qualify for the PACNJ Asthma Friendly School Award. Each step supports the efforts of New Jersey schools to be in compliance with New Jersey Laws for asthma management and good indoor air quality.

AWARD REQUIREMENTS

1. A Nebulizer is required in each school as mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.7.
Programs for 2, 3, & 4 (below) are available FREE on the PACNJ website: www.pacnj.org.

2. Each school nurse views two videos: Asthma Basics for School Nurses - a 22 minute video on asthma
management for school nurses and Gadgets and Gizmos for Asthma Control - a 20 minute video of
demonstrations on the use and care of medication delivery devices and the peak flow meter. They
fulfill the requirement mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.8.

3. Each school nurse views the one-hour PACNJ PowerPoint program: Asthma Treatment Plan: NJ
School Nurses Leading the Way and takes the online quiz to earn 1 Professional Development Hour.

4. Each school nurse conducts the 50-minute PACNJ faculty in-service PowerPoint program: Asthma
Management in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know, available from the PACNJ website. It
fulfills the requirement mandated by state statute NJSA 18A:40-12.9 for annual asthma education for
school faculty.

5. A district school nurse and a district facilities person attend the NJDHSS/PEOSH Indoor Air Quality
(IAQ) Training for School Nurses and Designated Persons (PEOSH - Public Employees Occupational
Safety and Health Program). The updated NJPEOSH Indoor Air Quality Standard N.J.A.C. 12:100-13
requires public employers to select and train a designated person. NJDHSS/PEOSH provides the
Designated Persons training and a certificate of attendance.

In addition, each school establishes an Indoor Air Quality Team.

To arrange to attend the free half-day local NJDHSS/PEOSH Indoor Air Quality and Designated
Person’s Training contact info@pacnj.org.

6. The school superintendent signs the NJ DEP “No-Idling Pledge” for the school district.
Visit: www.stopthesoot.org for detailed information about the No-Idling Pledge

The Asthma Friendly School Award recognizes a school’s efforts to enhance the quality of education for students and staff who face the challenges of asthma.

This interactive exhibit features Poets, Olympic Athletes, to Nobel Laureates and Film makers who have battled Asthma. It also covers the history of Asthma over time and has many video links that chronicle the efforts to understand the disease. Produced by the National Library of Medicine, in collaboration with the NIH, NHLBI, NIAID.

A series of four online videos, this campaign identifies various asthma triggers both inside and outside of the home. It also pays homage to the old trick of teaching
children and adults what it’s like to experience an asthma attack by having
them breathing through a straw. 

By raising the profile of asthma within the general community, advocates from all public health agencies and asthma organizations benefit.