The implementation of a school based asthma and allergy program in a rural school district
View File(s)
- Author(s)
Visitor Statistics
Visits vs Downloads
Visitors - World Map
Top Visiting Countries
Country | Visits |
---|
Top Visiting Cities
City | Visits |
---|
Visits (last 6 months)
Downloads (last 6 months)
Popular Works for Dood, Florence Viveen by View
Title | Page Views |
---|
Popular Works for Dood, Florence Viveen by Download
Title | Downloads |
---|
View Citations
Citations
Asthma and allergies are the chief cause of chronic disease among children. The ability to properly manage asthma and allergies in the school setting requires a high level of coordination between the school district, the family, and the healthcare provider. Due to budget cuts, administrative issues, and legislation, schools often have reduced capability to employ school nurses. Consequently, students with health concerns are often managed by unlicensed assistive personnel who have minimal training. In response to this identified gap in care, the School Based Asthma and Allergy Program was developed. The first aim of the program was to train unlicensed assistive personnel in the management of students with asthma and allergies to increase disease knowledge as well as self-efficacy. The second aim was to provide parents with an educational packet that included a request for a prescriptive asthma or allergy emergency action plan. The third aim was to support sustainability by informing current school health policy. Findings suggest that a coordinated approach promotes improved self-efficacy and disease knowledge of unlicensed assistive personnel, delivers an effective protocol to guide school personnel in decision making with submitted student action plans on file, and informs school health policy. Administrators and health professionals in school districts with adequate or low school nurse-to-student ratios can look to the School Based Asthma and Allergy Program as an effective coordinated approach.
This work has been approved through a faculty review process prior to its posting in the Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository.
Type | DNP Capstone Project |
Acquisition | Self-submission |
Review Type | None: Degree-based Submission |
Format | Text-based Document |
Evidence Level | Other |
Research Approach | Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice |
Keywords | Asthma; Allergies; Schools; Asthma Action Plans; School Nurses; School Health; Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
CINAHL Subject(s) | Asthma; Asthma--Education; Asthma--Education--In Infancy and Childhood; Asthma--Prevention and Control--In Infancy and Childhood; Asthma--Prevention and Control; Hypersensitivity; Rural Health Services; Rural Areas; School Health Education; School Health Nursing; School Health Services |
Grantor | Capella University |
Advisor | Matheson, Linda; Forsythe, Lydia L.; Singleterry, Lisa |
Level | DNP |
Year | 2016 |
All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.
All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.
All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subjects.
-
Early intervention for asthma exacerbation in school-age children
Ezomo, Doris (2016-03-17)Session presented on Friday, July 24, 2015: Purpose: To prevent school age (Hereafter known as students) children from having chronic and troublesome symptoms. To maintain student's lung function as close to normal as ... -
Intergenerational health promotion in African-Americans
McArthur, Donna BehlerHeart disease is the leading cause of death for people over the age of 25 and is largely preventable through behavioral changes. Diet and physical activity patterns, which may be amenable to change through age- and ... -
A celebration of family: Family actions supporting task achievement in elementary school-age children with cystic fibrosis
Malachowski, Judith MarieAlthough society is facing a new challenge of supporting an increasing prevalence of children with chronic illnesses, families always have known the joys and hardships of care. The literature (Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, ... -
Effects of virtual reality on symptom distress in children receiving cancer chemotherapy
Schneider, Susan M.The objective of this study was to test the premise that virtual reality, as a developmentally appropriate distraction intervention, mitigates chemotherapy related symptom distress in older children with cancer aged 10-17. ... -
Outcomes of a school-based asthma education program: An evidence-based practice project
Rohrbacher, Jennifer A. (2017-01-06)The identified problem in school-aged children is a lack of education to recognize triggers, symptoms, and methods to self-manage asthma episodes. The PICOT statement of interest was: In children 8 to 12 years old, does ...