Meriden POA Referral: Observation Report

I met the community outreach programmer Ms. Lisa and I discussed with her about an appropriate evidence-based practice. Ms. Lisa said that there is not education program in Taney County Health Department for asthmatic people. Thus, she asked me to find a successful evidence-based practice, which has been applied in the other Counties or States

First, I would like to thank you for allowing us to be apart of the Good Health Solution Open House, as we believe this model will be a game changer in the Healthcare industry, specifically the Central Texas market. Byron and I were speaking earlier and want to see if we can get 30 mins on your calendar for a face to face meeting to discuss your 2018 vision and goals for throughput. We would like to discuss how our best practices align with your goals. In looking at the calendar, we have the week of January 8 available. We can meet at the Good Health center or over lunch. If you can provide your availability, we will plan accordingly.

Putting on AIRS is a free program for residents of Connecticut who have a diagnosis of asthma, and who may benefit from a home visit by a Certified Asthma Educator and an Environmental Specialist. Darlene had a home visit on March 4th. Enclosed you’ll find the signed release of information which permits the program to make available the summary of the visit. In addition, find the Asthma Control Test (ACT), taken from the Measures of Asthma Assessment and monitoring document page 67; “Patient Self-Assessment” (EPR-2 1997) that her mom completed at the time of

Communication barriers exist between parent, school nurse, and healthcare provider. School staff feel unprepared for asthmatic attacks, especially since they are not told which students have a condition. No policies or protocols are in place to guide staff in what to do when a situation occurs. Staff are unsure when a student is responsible enough to be self-reliant. Limitations include, not having a representative sample from all the school districts. Also, only two healthcare providers answered questionnaires and they were from the same medical centers hosting study. In addition, participants were paid $30 for their time, which could influence who

As the second intervention we are going to offer an educational program for the patients. The program will go on for four months with two meetings per month, a total of eight group meetings. It will also include four home visits by a community health worker. Following GINAs’ guidelines the class will include inhaler skill training, support regular consultations and creating a relationship to their health care provider and encourage adherence with controlled medication and training in asthma self-management. Self-management includes self-monitoring of symptoms and PEF, regular medical review and a written asthma action

We had a great time in your company last night and thank you for sharing your first hand account of your Alaskan trip with videos and pictures. And, as always, the dinner was excellent. Also, our thanks for the special gifts that came from Alaska.

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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.

At the time of the visit, although we reviewed in detail using model lungs, illustrated instructions, and an asthma video to describe asthma pathophysiology, the purpose, preferred delivery method and care of his asthma medications, his mom was unable to teach back any of the information we reviewed. When the asthma educator continued with explaining when and how to prime the medications, how and why to use an aero chamber, knowing when to refill his prescriptions and when to begin treatment of the quick relief medication; mom was also not able to repeat any of the instructions reviewed.

Encourage parents to provide up to date information about their child with asthma, and keep this information in a known, central location

In case study number one, Alex has been diagnosis with asthma and being admitted into an emergency medical hospital. Thus, the terrible news to Michelle, which is Alex’s mother had turn the terrifying news into a learning opportunity. A program that has partnership with the hospital does intensive studies to manage asthma, include home health assessments, tailored education, and goal setting. Moreover, there goal is to improve childhood asthma outcomes policy, so hospitals can decrease the overall rate of asthma attacks in communities. This plan created by the Department of Health and Human Services is here to coordinate existing new programs and policies that directly affects children with asthma

I was able to sit with Melissa Seyfried on Thursday and Friday and was amazed on what the advance schedules have to go thru. I wanted to express my appreciation for allowing me to shadow and understand more into HOD.

Asthma is one of the most prevalent childhood chronic illnesses in the United States leading to nearly 190,000 pediatric hospitalizations yearly (Banasiak, 2004). This chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways is characterized by an obstruction of airflow and, among children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, asthma accounts for a loss of 10 million school days annually and costs caretakers $726.1 million per year because of work absence (Sharma, 2014). In response to the increasing number of children with asthma, the cost involved with care, the school days lost due

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

Thank you all for your help with closing and helping Mrs. Silvia, she said you were all very sweet to her and made her feel very welcomed