Article: Community hospital-school partnership to treat asthma episodes at school and improve management.

CASE STUDY OBJECTIVES

* To create a partnership between a school district, a hospital, and various community stakeholders to address the increasing burden of asthma on children

* To implement a program enabling school nurses to treat asthma episodes at school

* To reduce the number of times that children are sent home or to an emergency department (ED) as a result of asthma episodes

* To educate children, families, school nurses, and health care professionals about asthma

* To implement a coordinated referral system to specialist care and case management for children with uncontrolled asthma

SCHOOL DEMOGRAPHICS

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