Screening for Asthma in an Inner-City Elementary School in Minneapolis, Minnesota

To the extent that the asthma morbidity so prevalent in children today is due to under diagnosis or lack of appropriate treatment, schools are increasingly faced with the issue of defining their role in the care of children with asthma. This paper describes efforts to conduct schoolwide screening fo...

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Published in:The Journal of school health 1999-01, Vol.69 (1), p.12-16
Main Authors: Bauer, Ellen Jones, Lurie, Nicole, Yeh, Carol, Grant, Evalyn N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asthma
Asthma - diagnosis
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma in children
Asthmatic persons
Asthmatics
Care and treatment
Child
Child Health
Childhood asthma
Diagnosis
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Elementary schools
Feasibility Studies
Feedback (Response)
Female
Health Activities
Health aspects
Health Promotion
Health Services
Humans
Incentives
Inner cities
Inner City
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Medical screening
Minnesota
Minnesota - epidemiology
Nursing
Parents
Pediatric respiratory diseases
Physical Examinations
Physicians
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
School Activities
School Health Services
School Health Services - organization & administration
School Involvement
School Nurses
Screening Tests
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teaching Methods
Urban Education
Urban Population
Validity
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Summary:To the extent that the asthma morbidity so prevalent in children today is due to under diagnosis or lack of appropriate treatment, schools are increasingly faced with the issue of defining their role in the care of children with asthma. This paper describes efforts to conduct schoolwide screening for asthma in an inner‐city elementary school over the past two years. Screening methodology adopted for the project resulted in a simple and noninvasive approach for identifying children with current asthma in a school setting. While not as medically comprehensive as would be required to conclusively diagnose asthma, the simple screening approach proved efficient in identifying a population of elementary school children with a significant level of asthma morbidity. The paper discusses the effectiveness and feasibility of the screening efforts and proposes how such a screening program might be incorporated into the routine health activities undertaken at any elementary school.
ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb02335.x