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Education Strategies

The following are the education strategies that could be implemented to reduce environmental
triggers. Education strategies are intended to educate a key stakeholders so that they can work to
reduce the burden of asthma within their professional setting.
Educate primary care providers about EBPs and national standards to improve asthma
management

• Increase access to asthma management education for PCPs and schools.
• Create a PCP resource/toolkit for optimal asthma care team.
• Expand team based care within PCPs to increase individual and group asthma education for
patients and caregivers.
• Provide education to caregivers about available asthma resources.
• Educate PCPs regarding spacer prescriptions for patients. Children in school need two
prescriptions so that they can have a spacer at school and home.
• Provide training about asthma control and response for patients, family, caregivers and
teachers.
• Increase educational opportunities for non-clinical providers about asthma management.
• Develop outreach criteria including methods for outreach and supporting materials to

assist with trigger mitigation.
• Increase asthma trigger education for school staff.
• Develop education programs to be administered annually for parents and child care staff.
• Create continuing medical education opportunities for health care providers.
• Engage asthma experts and educators to provide in-service education in PCP offices.

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