The School-based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO ): Translating Guidelines into Practice DOWNLOAD THE TOOLKIT TO ACCESS THIS SLIDESET AND All THE SAMPRO TOOLS!
Building a Community Partnership between Clinicians and Schools In 2015, AAAAI led an initiative with NASN to develop national recommendations for school based asthma care (SAMPRO TM) Wide endorsement (AAP, ATS, ACAAI, NASN among others) Whitepaper published in the September issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Whitepaper and toolkit are available at www.aaaai.org/sampro US Congressional Bipartisan support (Bill 4662)
SAMPRO TM : The Four Components 1. Establishing a Circle of Support 2. Developing and sharing standardized Asthma Management Plan with schools 3. Developing comprehensive asthma education plans for patients and all school personnel 4. Empowering schools to employ environmental assessment strategies to reduce asthma triggers
Establishing the Circle of Support Each member of the Circle of Support plays an important role in managing a child s asthma care. Important that the Circle of Support was broadly supported by NASN and medical professional organizations (AAAAI, ATS, AAFP, AAP, CDC, EPA, ALA) Advocacy groups (AAFA, NAACP) were invited to participate in 2015 summit meeting and draft of the whitepaper Checklists to standardize care are available via the toolkit
Component 2: Developing and sharing Standardized Asthma Management Plans with schools
The SAMPRO AAP SAMPRO developed an AAP with key features including asthma severity, asthma medications to be given at school and associated authorizations. All forms are available in English and Spanish. SAMPRO has also developed a supplementary school treatment form to be used along with an asthma action plan if needed Available for download within our toolkit in editable and noneditable pdf forms
The Asthma Action Plan: Essential Components
Component 3: Comprehensive Asthma Education Plan for Patients and Schools
Comprehensive Asthma Education Links and resources for many national programs are available through the SAMPRO toolkit.
Component 4: Assessment and remediation of environmental asthma triggers in schools
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Many schools nationwide use the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) IAQ management program available at www.epa.gov/iaq-schools and This site also includes: School IAQ assessment mobile app Best practices Sample IAQ management plan Online education
SAMPRO TM : Integrating Policy with Practice
School Health Legislation: School Access To Emergency Epinephrine Act
Epinephrine Legislation by State
The Roe-Hoyer Bill In March 2016, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Phil Roe, MD (R-TN) introduced the School-based Asthma Management Program Act (HR4662). This legislation will help ensure that students with asthma have assistance at school with managing their chronic disease and can excel in an asthma-friendly environment
The Toolkit Introduces a widely endorsed system to coordinate asthma care for children amongst clinicians, schools, families Created in conjunction with the UW Health Innovation Program based on materials drafted by SAMPRO stakeholders Download the Toolkit at http://www.aaaai.org/sampro Toolkit hosted on HIPxChange Content is available for web viewing, in addition to downloadable files Registration is free and information will only be used by SAMPRO to study usage patterns
White Paper and Toolkit Dissemination Multiple organizations spreading the word ONC Bright Spot Social media Promotional videos Press releases & web articles Sessions at the AAAAI, ACAAI, AAP, Epic UGM meetings in 2016-2017 Submitting to AHRQ, AAMC, and other local & national websites for broad dissemination Program being actively implemented in inner city Milwaukee & Kenosha in conjunction with WI Asthma Coalition ~200 toolkit downloads in less than a month