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Applying Best Practice Asthma Care in Schools: A Standardized Statewide Approach Identifying Students with Asthma Funded by: Kaiser Permanente

If about 10% of students have asthma, there may be students with asthma in your school that you don’t know about and may need your care. 2

Objectives § At the end of this section, the learner will be able to: § Select a process for identifying students with asthma that will work in her/his school § Identify which students should have a completed Asthma Intake Form

Identifying Students with Asthma § How do you know which students have asthma? § What percentage of students have asthma in your school? § Where did this data come from? § How is this data maintained?

Approaches to Identifying Students with Asthma § Use of school health registration form with annual completion (or confirmation of information) § Is the health form given to parents or is it online? § When is it given to the parents? § What are the questions on your form to identify students with asthma? § How do you get the information?

Important Asthma Questions § Have you ever been told your child has asthma? § Does your son/daughter use asthma medicines? § Has your child used asthma inhalers or medicines to treat breathing problems in the last 3 years?

Asthma Intake Form § Should be completed for each student with asthma annually § Tool for assessing asthma § Asthma control § Asthma burden § Asthma triggers § Asthma medications § Indicates asthma risk for experiencing excess asthma burden § Assists in prioritizing level of care needed to support student

Innovative Ways to Completing the Health History, Asthma Plan, and Asthma Intake Form Annual Health History 8

Denver Public Schools Urban School § Denver Public Schools Approach § Families required to complete a school registration package for each child/student either online or on paper § Asthma Intake Form is the form that explicitly asks about asthma § If asthma is checked, then the online process will request completion of the Asthma Intake Form § School nurses have access to the online information before school starts § Asthma tab within Infinite Campus § Results of Asthma Intake Form § Completed Colorado School Asthma Care Plan § Location of med 9

San Luis Valley Small and Rural Schools § Some school districts in the San Luis Valley participate in a registration fair. § This process includes a booth related to asthma that has the parent/guardian complete the asthma intake form. § They also hand the family the Colorado School Asthma Care Plan to complete with their provider. 10

My Plan On a piece of paper or on your computer, write your plan for identifying students with asthma. üA choice of a paper form or online üA plan for receiving annual health information üQuestions to identify students with asthma üA plan to complete the Colorado School Asthma Care Plan üA plan to complete the Asthma Intake Form üAn innovative idea 11

Check up time is next. Then you are ready to go to the following lessons, which will provide more information to increase your competency and confidence. A special thanks to Kaiser Permanente for the grant to support training for all nurses in Colorado. 12