Asthma policy in Illinois: A survey of school nursing and staff knowledge and implementation patterns.
Public Health Nurs
; 41(4): 704-708, 2024.
Article
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| ID: mdl-38745505
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Our goal is to examine gaps in self-carry, asthma emergency protocol, and stock inhaler policy knowledge in Illinois schools.DESIGN:
A 30-item REDCap cross-sectional survey developed by a team of stakeholders was disseminated. Questions assessed policy knowledge, awareness, and practices regarding asthma emergency protocols, self-carry, and stock inhalers. SAMPLE Participants were Illinois school nurses belonging to a governmental organization listserv. MEASUREMENTS Analysis utilized Chi-square tests, descriptive statistics, and t-tests.RESULTS:
Nurses reported 36% of students on average self-carried asthma medication. Thirty percent of nurses were not aware of their emergency asthma policy and only 60% reported having an emergency asthma protocol in their school(s). Fifty-four percent of nurses were aware of stock inhaler programming. Of the 10.3% who reported a stock inhaler program, a lower frequency reported calling 911 for asthma emergencies. Perceived school asthma prevalence varied from 0%-87%.CONCLUSIONS:
Our survey demonstrates large variation in knowledge and implementation of school-based asthma health policy. This is likely due to variations in health policy education dissemination. Future efforts should focus on the dissemination and implementation of school-based asthma health policies to improve their more universal adoption and better support school-based asthma management.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Asthma
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School Nursing
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Health Policy
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Public Health Nurs
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos