Journal of School Health articles from August 2006

Journal of School Health archives from August 2006

Introduction: learning from each other about managing asthma in schools.
August 1, 2006... ASTHMA'S EFFECT ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES Asthma is a major public health problem of increasing concern in the United States; (1,2) between 1980 and 1996, the lifetime prevalence of asthma in the United States increased 45%...

Barriers to care of inner-city children with asthma: school nurse perspective.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Asthma, which affects approximately 5 million school-aged children in the United States, is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases. (1) This disease continues to be a major cause of hospitalizations and emergency...

Asthma in middle schools: what students have to say about their asthma.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION The transition to adolescence involves stronger peer affiliation, changes in self-identity, a larger social network, more settings in which activities take place (work, school, peer homes), and a greater likelihood of engaging...

What is asthma control? Discrepancies between parents' perceptions and official definitions.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION As a leading chronic illness in children and a major cause of school absences, (1) asthma is recognized as a major school health issue. (2,3) Although not curable, it can be controlled. Control allows the individual to (1) be...

Attempting to use a district-wide asthma case identification system for asthma prevalence.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To improve our case identification system for use in an annual asthma prevalence count for Anne Arundel County public schools * To simplify the system for school nurses * To increase the system's accuracy...

School-based asthma case finding: the Arkansas experience.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Schools are responsible for the safety of all students, including those with poorly controlled asthma. Current recommendations support individual case identification rather than population-based case finding? However,...

Addressing asthma in Texas: development of a school-based asthma surveillance program for Texas elementary schools.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Despite increasing concern regarding asthma's threat to the public health, the United States has no comprehensive means of national asthma surveillance and the majority of states, including Texas, do not have complete...

Comparison of parent and student responses to asthma surveys: 2 different experiences with similar results.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION When schools prepare to address the needs of students with asthma, questions arise about the ways to identify those students. Parent reports are traditionally an important source of information for identifying clinical...

Comparison of parent and student responses to asthma surveys: students grades 1-4 and their parents from an urban public school setting.
August 1, 2006... METHODS Data from a study to validate an asthma case-detection procedure were used to examine the agreement between parents and children on questions about the child's asthma symptoms, medication use, and asthma diagnosis. A detailed...

Comparison of parent and student responses to asthma surveys: students grades 3-12 and their parents from a suburban private school setting.
August 1, 2006... METHODS This is a substudy of a larger previously published study that assessed the impact of school-based asthma screening. The purpose of this portion of the study was to determine the concurrence of students' and their parents' answers...

Allergens in school settings: results of environmental assessments in 3 city school systems.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Environmental allergens, such as house-dust mites, cockroach, and pet dander, are major triggers of pediatric asthma that can result in exacerbations of asthma and related comorbidities, such as otitis media, sinusitis, and...

Garnering administrative support for school-based asthma education programs.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To identify information needed to gain the attention and support of principals for implementing asthma education programs in schools * To demonstrate the use of student health data to document the need for...

Creating asthma-friendly schools: a public health approach.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To assess the needs of schools to help create asthma-friendly schools * To provide resources and programming to make schools asthma friendly * To establish partnerships among public health units and school...

Developing an Asthma tool for Schools: the formative evaluation of the Michigan Asthma School Packet.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To examine the influence of formative evaluation and persuasion theory on the development of the Michigan Asthma School Packet (MASP) * To identify the innovative characteristics of the MASP and their basis in...

Statewide asthma training for Minnesota school personnel.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To develop an asthma resource manual and training materials for school personnel who deal with students with asthma * To train health and other school personnel across Minnesota * To determine the outcomes...

Teens: taking control of asthma.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To provide adolescents with knowledge and skills to take control of their asthma * To enhance the knowledge and skills of school staff, health professionals, and parents to assist adolescents with asthma ...

Working with a head start population with asthma: lessons learned.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Several studies have demonstrated that asthma prevalence is high in the Head Start population, ranging from 13.9% to 35%. (1-3) Head Start's focus on addressing emotional, social, psychological, and health needs to prepare...

Evaluation and sustainability of the healthy learners asthma initiative.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION In 1999, the Healthy Learners Board, a collaborative of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and community health care leaders including providers, payors, public health and nonprofit organizations, initiated a project to reduce...

Partners in school asthma management: evaluation of a self-management program for children with asthma.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Asthma is a common chronic disease in childhood, and efforts to improve care and control (because of its high rates of morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditures) are a priority. (1) While the prevalence of asthma is...

Outcomes for a comprehensive school-based asthma management program.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION African-American children have the highest rates of asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality (1-12) among racial ethnic groups in the United States. In addition, the highest rates of asthma-related disability are found...

Tragedy in a beachfront community: a proactive school district responds to asthma.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES To reduce school absences for children with asthma by: * working with a local asthma coalition to establish a strong coordinated school-based asthma management program and * partnering with the school...

Asthma agents: monitoring asthma in school.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To develop an interactive computer-based asthma education program designed to teach children proper inhaler technique, peakflow meter (PFM) use, symptom recognition, and asthma triggers * To develop an...

Community collaboration: concurrent physician and school nurse education and cooperation increases the use of asthma action plans.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To encourage primary care physicians (PCPs) to use written asthma action plans * To develop a system to communicate asthma action plans with school nurses * To organize a community meeting to discuss asthma...

Using school staff to establish a preventive network of care to improve elementary school students' control of asthma.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Given the large number of children with asthma and the significant time they spend at school, it is important that school personnel are trained to facilitate asthma management. Asthma in schoolchildren, however, is often...

The Breathmobile[TM]: a novel comprehensive school-based mobile asthma care clinic for urban underprivileged children.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION The challenge for good asthma control is particularly difficult for ethnic minority children of the inner city as these underserved children with asthma have higher rates of asthma hospitalization and death. (1,2) Studies from...

The efficacy of asthma case management in an urban school district in reducing school absences and hospitalizations for asthma.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Asthma, a common chronic childhood illness in the United States, has reached epidemic proportions, affecting over 6.3 million children aged 0-17 in 2001. (1) The disease is a leading cause of school absenteeism, accounting for...

Evaluating the availability and use of asthma action plans for school-based asthma care: a case study in Hartford, Connecticut.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To design and implement a system for tracking the availability and use of asthma action plans for asthma care in Hartford schools * To determine the degree to which asthma action plans are available to and used...

Using preprinted rescue medication order forms and health information technology to monitor and improve the quality of care for students with asthma in New York City public schools.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * Improve provider adherence to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) asthma guidelines with preprinted standardized rescue medication orders * Use health information technology to monitor the quality...

Asthma 411--addition of a consulting physician to enhance school health.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To determine the impact of the addition of a consulting physician (CP) upon school absences among students with asthma * To identify and address barriers to the addition of a sustainable CP position * To...

Community hospital-school partnership to treat asthma episodes at school and improve management.
August 1, 2006... CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES * To create a partnership between a school district, a hospital, and various community stakeholders to address the increasing burden of asthma on children * To implement a program enabling school nurses to treat...

Managing asthma in schools: lessons learned and recommendations.
August 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION Five key lessons for school-based asthma programs emerge from the research and case study findings reported in this special issue and from previous literature and the editors' experiences. Following a discussion of these 5 key...

Resources for addressing asthma in schools.(Website list)
August 1, 2006... CDC PUBLICATIONS * An Asthma Speaker's Kit for Healthcare Professionals. This PowerPoint presentation is divided into 7 parts: introduction, epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, clinical management, managing asthma, and the public...