Saint Paul Public Schools, The American Lung Association of Minnesota and Minneapolis Public Schools are part of coalition of over 60 organizations and 100 individuals who developed a strategic plan to address asthma in the pediatric population. The Saint Paul School’s Asthma Management Program initiative is one of 7 key strategies in this project.
 
Key Components for SPPS Asthma Management Program include:

• Building capacity of school nurses through inservice training, and individual mentoring/coaching of an asthma resource nurse
• Improved identification and care coordination of students with asthma
• Standardized and increased communication to students/families/providers
• Asthma education classes to students/families/staff
• An evaluation plan that includes process, outcome and absenteeism data
• Asthma education classes are offerred to elementary students.

Outcomes are very encouraging:

• We have improved the identification of students with asthma.
• We have demonstrated an increase of skills of students to use their inhaler/spacer and peak flow meter.
• We have increased the number of students who have an Asthma Actions Plan from a medical provider.
• We have increased the communication to parents and providers