Pennsylvania's Asthma School Project and descriptive pilot investigation: a focus on environmental health tracking.* According to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation , asthma asthma (ăz`mə, ăs`–), chronic inflammatory respiratory disease characterized by periodic attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, and a tight feeling in the chest. A cough producing sticky mucus is symptomatic. is the most common chronic disease of childhood. * Its prevalence has been increasing. * Asthma-tracking efforts at the state and local levels have, however, been limited. * The Pew PEW. A seat in a church separated from all others, with a convenient space to stand therein. 2. It is an incorporeal interest in the real property. And, although a man has the exclusive right to it, yet, it seems, he cannot maintain trespass against a person Environmental Health Commission has designated asthma as a top priority for health outcome tracking in the states. * The Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York Department of Health (PADOH) initiated the Asthma School Project in 2004. * The project tracked childhood asthma in Pennsylvania school districts through the existing reporting system. * Since 1997-1998, school nurses in Pennsylvania have reported -- a count of the total number of students with asthma, -- the average daily enrollment, and -- the calculated rate (percentage) of students with asthma for each school district. * They identify students with asthma on the basis of family and medical information made available to them. * The reporting of asthma by school nurses appears to be a reliable data source. * The project also found that asthma has increased steadily from a low of 6.6 percent during 1997-1998 to a high of 9.2 percent during 2002-2003. * The participating school districts had the highest rates of asthma in Pennsylvania. * PADOH could nevertheless find no obvious environmental factors associated either with prevalence rates or with unusual asthma episodes. * The Asthma School Project also provided head school nurses with paper and electronic copies of a PADOH-approved Asthma Action Plan. * The goal of the action plan was to encourage nurses, parents, students, and physicians to coordinate each child's asthma management. * Also as part of the project, PADOH held an asthma training session in each community for school nurses and care providers. * The school districts were put in contact with U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. regarding the Tools for Schools program, which helps schools identify potential indoor air quality Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) deals with the content of interior air that could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The IAQ may be compromised by microbial contaminants (mold, bacteria), chemicals (such as carbon monoxide, radon), allergens, or any mass or energy stressor issues. * PADOH contacted local media to disseminate dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. information on the project. * The authors encourage other jurisdictions to track asthma rates in schools and investigate potential environmental exposures in homes and schools. * Such efforts could provide information to help define and address many of the issues and questions about asthma in schools. |
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