Pediatric Asthma Initiative Trains Thousands of Health Professionals
In just three years, more than 3,200 health care professionals, medical students and residents have been trained on environmental management of asthma by our Pediatric Asthma Faculty Champions. These Faculty Champions are pediatric faculty members at five medical schools across the country who work toward integrating environmental management of pediatric asthma into medical education and practice. NEEF is expanding the Pediatric Asthma Initiative with additional Faculty Champions in new regions of the country. The training tools and resources are available both in English and Spanish. The recently translated Spanish materials are being used in trainings both internationally and within the United States, including at the Children's Environmental Health Conference in Puerto Rico. Initial analysis of data collected from Faculty Champion trainings over the past three years indicate that after training, pediatricians are much more knowledgeable about environmental management of asthma and also much more likely to recommend environmental intervention to their patients.
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