Asthma Is The Leading Cause Of Illness Among Elementary Aged And Adolescence Students

Asthma is the leading cause of chronic illness in children and is responsible for nearly 10% of the Emergency Room visits for children <15 year of age. It occurs in as many as 10%-12% of children in the United States and is gradually growing. Asthma can begin at any age , but most children have their first symptoms by age five. Because Camp Wapiti is for children ages 8-13 exclusively, this report will focus primarily on childhood asthma.

The majority of asthma diagnoses are made during childhood (NCBI), but asthma also remains a concern in the adult population. There are numerous environmental and lifestyle factors related to the urban living that are thought to promote the occurrence of asthma (nbci). Asthma is a significant public health concern in New York State, as well as on a national level. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is a continual increase in the prevalence of chronic lung disease on the national level in recent years. However, in New York, there has been a decline in asthma-related hospital visits, and a decrease in deaths due to asthma, but the financial and public health consequences have remained significant. According

Asthma is a respiratory disease characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, resulting in difficulty breathing as well as coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness. This condition affects nearly 26 million Americans, and causes over 5,000 deaths and 2 million emergency department visits in the US each year. While asthma affects people of every race, sex, and age, it is more prevalent in specific populations of people, such as low-income housing communities in San Diego. Various risk factors contribute to the development of asthma, such as (1) having a parent that lives with (or has a history with) asthma, (2) being classified as an overweight individual, (3) having sensitization to different irritants and allergens, and (4) struggling

Childhood asthma is important community and public health issue in Florida. “Asthma is the third-leading cause of childhood preventable hospitalization in the U.S., and these children are frequent consumers of other healthcare facilities such as emergency rooms, clinics, and private medical practices (Davis, Gordon & Burns, 2011).” Collaboration needs to be made between healthcare professionals, school office staff and the residential area in order to create a healthy environment for children with asthma where they can learn, grow, and develop to be able to fully participate in school activities. Implementing an asthma friendly school is the key to help children succeed as well as improve their quality of life. By doing so, both asthma emergencies and absenteeism from school can be reduced. With the reduction in number of days children are absent, there will be an increase in student learning. This may also increase the school income, while improving the quality of life for students. The ultimate goal for success is to an asthma friendly school environment for students.

Asthma is a significant public health problem to both economic and human costs. The Department of Health still needs to work with health-care providers and experts in the academic field of asthma to access a better understanding of the trends of asthma prevalence in adults and children, to ensure that initiatives to address the disease are targeted as effectively as

The overall project goal was to lessen the asthma burden and improve health outcomes for asthmatic children and their families. Home health workers conducted household safety assessments, provided asthma prevention education and targeted environmental interventions to reduce indoor triggers and allergens. The study showed a significant improvement in the health during the 11-12 month follow up period, which essentially led to an increase in annual savings due to a decrease in emergency medical expenses. Despite findings in their favor, the follow-up period was too short. In order to build a stronger case, the follow up period should be on-going to measure long-term success.

The CDC reports that 6.8 million, or 9.3% of all children in the United States currently have asthma, making it the most common chronic childhood illness in the United States. It affects nearly 25% more boys than girls, and Non-Hispanic black children have nearly double the incidence of other ethnicities Also, 13% of children in poor families have asthma, compared to 8% of children in families that are not poor (CDC, 2012). Childhood asthma was responsible for 14 million lost school days in 2004 (Chipps, 2008). This paper discusses asthma and treatment as it pertains to a 13-year-old boy. Topics discussed include pathophysiology, growth and development concepts, patient assessment, management, interventions, patient and family teaching, and QSEN competencies.

The effects of asthma do not discriminate against socioeconomic levels, or race, but families living in poverty or isolation, have been found to place children who are ill at greater risk (Gizynski & Shapiro, 1990). Working directly with Charlene who suffers from asthma, we would apply to PPA to try and get her matched with an assistance program to better suit her medication needs. Secondly we would take precautions to create a healthier household for Charlene by investigating different air filters that could help decrease her symptoms. Social work interventions regularly include referring clients to public resources, providing financial assistance, and should also include advocating within the medical system

Parents and school staff should know some basic asthma interventions to reduce asthma problems, such as vacuuming classrooms and house daily, keeping bedding covers clean, improving ventilation to reduce dust mites, and keeping classrooms and house dry to reduce

Asthma is a common disease seen in the children of our society. As healthcare workers, we need to be prepared to perform interventions in a timely matter for an asthmatic child. Information from this paper was gathered from various medical professional research literatures. The purpose of this paper is to inform readers of how asthma affects a child’s ability to breathe, signs and symptoms of an asthma attack, how asthma is diagnosed, treatment options for asthma, and the importance of parent education.

Asthma is a chronic condition causing constriction of the airways due to an inflammatory response of the bronchial mucosa. Asthma is a familial condition that can be triggered by exposure to allergens, smoke, indoor/outdoor pathogens, viral infections. Symptoms include chest constriction, patients making wheezing noises or gasping for air during inhalations and aspirations. Nurses must remove allergens and educated the patient on the severity of their asthma. Nurses should be aware of a patient’s asthma medication and that it is nearby in case of an asthma attack. Nurses must assess for breath sounds and monitor oxygen saturation levels while taking vital signs.

CDC’s National Asthma Control Program (NACP) supports initiatives across the country to help provide comprehensive asthma control services in schools settings. NACP — along with CDC Healthy Schools — developed strategies to help asthma programs, school staff, and partners plan and manage asthma control activities in schools. In addition to developing these strategies, NACP also promotes asthma-friendly schools (AFS) as a way to reduce the

Since there is no cure for asthma management of symptoms is crucial. Many of the articles examined focused on improving asthma self-efficacy and education to improve their quality of life especially in low-income populations. According to Martin et al. (2009) “low-income African American adults in Chicago had disproportionally higher asthma morbidity and mortality rates. Interventions that improve asthma self-efficacy for appropriate self-management behaviors might ultimately improve asthma control in the population”. Providing proper education and support to prevent acute asthma attacks will be vital. Even in an adult primary practice the adults could bring in symptomatic children with undiagnosed asthma or have questions about asthma. Patients need to manage their symptoms and take their medications because without treatment asthma can become life threatening. Medication education and teaching medication management will help keep patients with asthma healthy. Wilson et al. (2009) stated that only about half of patients with asthma take their medications at therapeutic doses. “Poor adherence exacerbates airway inflammation, and may result in suboptimal asthma control, functional limitations, decreased quality of life, excess health care use, and even death” (Wilson et al.,2009). Accurately diagnosing a cough or wheeze will be as an advance practice nurse in Richmond, Virginia will be important. Working in a clinical setting in Richmond will definitely expose a practitioner to patients with

Children of all ages can suffer health issues in an improperly cleaned school environment. These issues include such asthma and other respiratory ones, and can be triggered by exposure to dust and dirt, mould, pollen, chemicals, and other allergens. For this reason, school authorities need to ensure that their buildings receive thorough, quality cleaning with only safe, non-toxic methods to control the above triggers and to sanitise the school. Further details about this topic are in the following facts.

The Asthma policy is in place to ensure that students who are diagnosed with asthma are receiving the correct care, the policy is also put in place to ensure that the school is following the correct procedures in creating a safe school environment for the students that are diagnosed. For schools to be following the policy correctly, they must have an Asthma Care Plan and a Student Health Support Plan for each student that is diagnosed with asthma. Not only this but the school has to have a whole school policy in place which provides staff with asthma awareness training, first aid kits as well as the maintenance and care of the first aid kit, private storage for medication, organisation and confidentiality of medical information.