Creation and implementation of SAMPRO™: A school-based asthma management program.
Clinicians who care for children with asthma have an obligation to coordinate asthma care with the schools. Aside from routine clinical care of asthmatic children, providers must educate the family and child about the need for an asthma treatment plan in school and support the school nurse meeting the needs of the student requiring school-based asthma care. The following article was developed by multiple stakeholders to address this need. It describes the 4 components of the School-based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO™). SAMPRO™ details elements necessary for the education of children, families, clinicians, and school-based personnel based on a "circle of support" that would enhance multidirectional communication and promote better care for children with asthma within the school setting.
Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis. Electronic address: rfl@medicine.wisc.edu.
Robert F
RF
Lemanske
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital, Madison, Wis.
Sujani
S
Kakumanu
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wis.
Kathleen
K
Shanovich
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
Nicholas
N
Antos
Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, and the Asthma Center, CT Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Conn.
Michelle M
MM
Cloutier
National Association of School Nurses, Silver Spring, Md.
Donna
D
Mazyck
Boston Children's Hospital, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Wanda
W
Phipatanakul
National Association of School Nurses, Silver Spring, Md.
Shirley
S
Schantz
Children's Hospital Colorado, the Breathing Institute, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colo.
Stanley
S
Szefler
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Milwaukee, Wis.
Renee
R
Vandlik
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Allergist, NW Asthma & Allergy Center, Seattle, Wash.
Paul
P
Williams
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D006266:Health Education; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010346:Patient Care Management; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools
Asthma; asthma action plan; children; education; environment; school; school nurse; triggers