The CoP provides an opportunity for all asthma care providers managing children to come together to improve their clinical knowledge and confidence. The sessions build the confidence of clinicians to access resources and services to better link patients into the system.
Session resources
- Presentation slides part 1 and part 2
- Cohealth community asthma program referral
Updated HealthPathways asthma pages
- Acute Asthma in Children
- Wheeze and Asthma in Preschool Children (Aged 1 to 5 Years)
- Asthma in Primary School-aged Children (Aged 6 to 11 Years)
- Asthma in Adolescents (Aged 12 Years and Over)
- RCH asthma videos – translated into Arabic, simplified and traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese – https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/asthma-videos/
Community Asthma Program (CAP)
The Community Asthma Program (CAP) provides free asthma education and support for children (1- 17yrs) with asthma or pre-school asthma. Asthma nurse educators work one on one with families to provide information and help them manage their child’s asthma. Including medication management, understanding Asthma Actions Plans, when to seek medical or emergency assistance and liaison with GPs and education settings. Asthma nurse educators can provide education using telehealth, clinic or home visits. This service is provided by cohealth or DPV, depending on your location. For more information and to make a referral go to www.cohealth.org.au/cap or https://www.dpvhealth.org.au/all-services/child-youth-services/community-asthma-program/.
The referral form is on Best Practice. The new referral form will be on the CAP webpage in the coming weeks. In the meantime contact: CAP@cohealth.org.au. Referrals accepted from all health care professionals, schools and direct from families.
If you would like to register for more information about the Community Asthma Program please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/eempFg56Sd
Also, if you are interested, cohealth’s YouTube page has some great videos made by young people with asthma: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_fEIv6x8JvQUvovBUIbpNvV5BFkICEQR
Links from Zoom meeting/chat:
- https://www.acnp.org.au/aboutnursepractitioners
- CAP referral form: https://www.cohealth.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cohealth-Community-Asthma-Program-Referral.pdf
- Unconscious bias toolkit (from Anna-Marie’s presentation)
- Teach Back (from Anna-Marie’s presentation)
Further learning opportunities:
QI activities: Our Quality Improvement (QI) Asthma Review and Asthma Action Plan templates are available for general practices to improve patient outcomes and deliver best practice care. The completion of these self-directed quality improvement activities can easily be self-recorded for RACGP – Measuring Outcomes hours.
