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EPA's
Back-to-School Webinar:
Managing Asthma in
Schools
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Tuesday,
September 24, 2013, from 2 – 3 p.m. EDT.
Register
to hear from two environmental health leaders who engaged their school
districts to take action on asthma.
Are you interested in
expanding your approaches for improving the indoor air quality (IAQ) in
schools to help students and staff manage their asthma? If so, join this
webinar to learn how two innovative asthma programs with unique challenges
have worked to improve asthma outcomes in their local schools. This webinar
will feature:
1.
A school nurse from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
who champions asthma management for her district and will share tips and
lessons learned for flood preparedness; and
2.
A professor from University of Turabo,
Puerto Rico, who leads innovative interventions in over a hundred schools
facing some of the highest asthma rates in the U.S.
Both speakers will
discuss the ways in which their programs are grounded in EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools guidance.
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Speakers:
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Laura Wheeler, RN, School
Nurse, Cedar Rapids School District, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
has led the charge in her school district to address IAQ issues that
exacerbate asthma symptoms, including addressing the challenges raised by
the record-breaking Iowa floods of 2008. Learn how Ms. Wheeler secures
leadership buy-in and uses the National Association of School Nurses’ Managing
Asthma Triggers program to build awareness of asthma triggers within school
environments.
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Teresa Lipsett-Ruiz, Ph.D.,
Dean of the School of Science and Technology, Universidad of Turabo, Puerto
Rico, saw a rapid increase in the number of K-12 students with
asthma and wanted to help the schools respond. Knowing the solution had to
be community-based in order for it to succeed, she engaged a diverse group
of school district and community representatives, parents, undergraduate
and graduate students to implement a series of school-based
interventions.
Facilitator:
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Tracey Mitchell, RRT, AE-C,
U.S. EPA, Indoor Environments Division, is
a registered respiratory therapist and certified asthma educator. She has
led the patient and professional education efforts of EPA’s asthma program
for 16 years. Tracey brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the
asthma in schools issue.
Please
note: This webinar will last approximately 60 minutes. You will
need a high-speed Internet connection and a telephone line to interact with
speakers and other participants. Call-in information will be provided upon
registration.
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