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Los Angeles Asthma Management
PE Teachers Kick Asthma
As a coordinated program between the Los Angeles Unified School District and American Lung Association through their CDC-funded Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative grant, PE Department Chairs and over 800 PE teachers were trained in the basic physiology, identification and management of asthma (module 1) and actionable strategies to effectively deal with asthma scenarios at school (module 2). A pre-post survey measured changes in knowledge, attitudes and potential behaviors.
In a pre/post survey PE Teachers showed:
12% increase in their ability to identify asthma symptoms
7% increase in number who identified asthma as chronic disease controllable with medication
23% increase in number “very” comfortable identifying asthma triggers
24% increase in number “very” comfortable handling an asthma episode
