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Educating Schools About Asthma
Six
strategies to help schools better manage the problems faced by
students with asthma are offered in a new report by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The guide, called "Strategies
for Addressing Asthma Within a Coordinated School Health Program,"
is meant to help schools cope with the increasing numbers of children
with asthma. From 1980 to 1994, there was a 74 per cent increase
in asthma among children 5 to 14 years old.
About 5 million American children
and adolescents have asthma, which accounts for 14 million lost
school days each year.
Schools can help those students
by adopting 'asthma-friendly' policies and procedures and providing
asthma education for students and staff, said Lloyd Kolbe, director
of the CDC's adolescent and school health program, in a prepared
statement.
The CDC report says schools:
- Should establish appropriate
management and support systems.
- Provide appropriate health and
mental health services for students with asthma.
- Offer a safe and healthy school
environment to reduce asthma triggers.
- Provide asthma education and
awareness programs for students and staff.
- Establish safe and enjoyable
physical education and activity opportunities for students with
asthma.
- Coordinate school, family and
community efforts to manage asthma symptoms and reduce student
absences.
More Information
You can view the full report by
going to the
CDC.
Reference
Source 101
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