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Building school health partnerships to improve pediatric asthma care: the School-based Asthma Management Program. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 2017 Apr;17(2):160-166

Date

02/09/2017

Pubmed ID

28177950

DOI

10.1097/ACI.0000000000000347

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85011840277 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Children with asthma require care that is seamlessly coordinated so that asthma symptoms are recognized and managed at home and at school. The purpose of this review is to discuss recent consensus recommendations in school-based asthma care.

RECENT FINDINGS: The School-based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO) provides a widely endorsed framework to coordinate care with schools and consists of four components: establishing a circle of support around the child with asthma; facilitating bidirectional communication between clinicians and schools; comprehensive asthma education for schools; and assessment and remediation of environmental asthma triggers at school. SAMPRO standardizes recommendations for school-based asthma care coordination and provides a toolkit with websites and resources useful for the care of children with asthma in the school setting.

SUMMARY: The review will discuss the need for coordinated school asthma partnerships, the inception and development of SAMPRO, and its vision to improve pediatric asthma care coordination within the circle of support, comprising clinicians, school nurses, families, and communities.

Author List

Kakumanu S, Antos N, Szefler SJ, Lemanske RF Jr

Author

Nicholas Antos MD Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Allergy and Immunology
Animals
Asthma
Child
Consensus
Disease Management
Humans
Partnership Practice
Pediatrics
School Health Services