CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

CHILDHOOD ASTHMA

1. illness prevailing in children

   • presents disabilities within the child
     • Loss of self-esteem
     • Interpersonal relationship interruption
     • special charge for the relatives
     • school drop-out
   • Affects children with a mean age of 9,2 years

2. Use of health services

   • Asthma prevails with 4.7% of hospitalizations in children

3. Care treatment plan

   • Strict comuncation from doctor to patient
   • The health personnel teaching relatives about the strict treatment
   • Reducing disturbing effectswith teaching to family member

4. Education Plan

   • Increase parents ability to control asthma at home reducing hopsital visits
     • Reduce health cost
   • Most hospitalizations maybe preventable with self care
   • Many prevalance of emergency services are generated by uncertainty lack of knoledge
   • Recognition of severe, moderate, and mild asthma
     • Improving emerency care controls

5. Evidence

   • Education self care provided a significant change in the management of asthma hospitalization
   • Parents were motivated to manage asthma at home avoid medical trasnportation costs
   • Improvements in the management of one¨s own health in both children parents