Open AccessIntegrating Environmental Management of Asthma into Pediatric Health Care
Author(s) -
James R. Roberts,
Nicholas Newman,
Leyla Erk McCurdy,
Jane S. Chang,
Mauro A. Salas,
Bernard Eskridge,
Lisa de Ybarrondo,
Megan Sandel,
Lynnette J Mazur,
Catherine J. Karr
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1938-2707
pISSN - 0009-9228
DOI - 10.1177/0009922815621033
Subject(s) - medicine , scope (computer science) , baseline (sea) , medical education , health care , medline , asthma management , nursing , asthma , environmental health , family medicine , political science , law , economics , programming language , geology , oceanography , economic growth , computer science
The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) launched an initiative in 2005 to integrate environmental management of asthma into pediatric health care. This study, a follow-up to a 2013 study, evaluated the program's impact and assessed training results by 5 new faculty champions. We surveyed attendees at training sessions to measure knowledge and the likelihood of asking about and managing environmental triggers of asthma. To conduct the program evaluation, a workshop was held with the faculty champions and NEEF staff in which we identified major program benefits, as well as challenges and suggestions for the future. Trainee baseline knowledge of environmental triggers was low, but they reported robust improvement in environmental triggers knowledge and intention to recommend environmental management. The program has a broad, national scope, reaching more than 12 000 physicians, health care providers, and students, and some faculty champions successfully integrated materials into health record. Program barriers and future endeavors were identified.