DEDICATION AND CREDITS
The Missouri School Asthma Manual is the result of the work of many individuals and organizations. We are greatly indebted to these people. The manual is a collection of resources designed to assist school nurses and others who seek to improve school asthma services. The index has been constructed to make it easy to locate materials in the context of day-to-day needs to which school nurses respond. Every effort has been made to credit original sources. If we have failed to acknowledge anyone’s contribution, please contact us. The Missouri School Asthma Manual remains a work in progress. We hope it will continue to evolve to meet the changing
needs of Missouri children and schools. Please, share your ideas so we can keep improving this tool.
http://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/chronic/asthma/index.php
We are particularly indebted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for financial support and expert guidance in this project. The Missouri working group who launched this project and saw it to completion also deserves credit for managing a painstaking, but rewarding task. A very special thanks is needed to the following persons for their help with the 2011version: Dianne Herndon, retired School Nurse, Parkway Schools in St. Louis; Deb Cook, School Nurse, Kennett Public Schools; Marjorie Cole, State School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Kelli Alley, AE-C, Public Health Planner, Grundy County Health Department, former School Nurse; Holly Neske, School Nurse, Montgomery County R-II; Carol Massie, School Nurse, Southern Reynolds County R-II School; Beth Stiefermann, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; and Stefanie Birk, RN, BSN.
We would also like to acknowledge our expert reviewers. A special thank you goes to Carol Jones, RN, AE-C, Nurse Consultant Health Educator, Asthma and Allergy Network, Mothers of Asthmatics; Marian Smithey, RN, BSN, past Education Director, National Association of School Nurses; and Lani Wheeler, MD, Consultant at NEA Health Information Network and Medical Officer at US EPA.
Tammy Rood, CPNP, AE-C has shouldered the primary responsibility for bringing the 2011 version to press. This has taken countless, sometimes painful hours of editing and research. Julie Patterson, Program Coordinator, Asthma Ready® Communities was been a big help formatting documents for the 2011 Missouri School Asthma Manual. Bonnie Clarkson and John Leach, System Support Analysts at University of Missouri-Columbia provided technical assistance for creation of one unified document.
We are very excited that so many opportunities are currently available to school nurses in Missouri to improve school asthma services. Please visit www.asthmaready.org and www.asthmahere.org for further resources and information on current events happening with asthma in Missouri.
Peggy Gaddy, RRT, MBA, Coordinator, Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program
Marjorie Cole, RN, MSN, School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Ben Francisco, PhD, PNP-BC, AE-C & Tammy Rood, CPNP, AE-C, Asthma Ready® Communities,
Department of Child Health, School of Medicine University of Missouri-Columbia
Carter D. Ward, Executive Director, Missouri School Boards’ Association
The Missouri School Asthma Manual is the result of the work of many individuals and organizations. We are greatly indebted to these people. The manual is a collection of resources designed to assist school nurses and others who seek to improve school asthma services. The index has been constructed to make it easy to locate materials in the context of day-to-day needs to which school nurses respond. Every effort has been made to credit original sources. If we have failed to acknowledge anyone’s contribution, please contact us. The Missouri School Asthma Manual remains a work in progress. We hope it will continue to evolve to meet the changing
needs of Missouri children and schools. Please, share your ideas so we can keep improving this tool.
http://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/chronic/asthma/index.php
We are particularly indebted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for financial support and expert guidance in this project. The Missouri working group who launched this project and saw it to completion also deserves credit for managing a painstaking, but rewarding task. A very special thanks is needed to the following persons for their help with the 2011version: Dianne Herndon, retired School Nurse, Parkway Schools in St. Louis; Deb Cook, School Nurse, Kennett Public Schools; Marjorie Cole, State School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Kelli Alley, AE-C, Public Health Planner, Grundy County Health Department, former School Nurse; Holly Neske, School Nurse, Montgomery County R-II; Carol Massie, School Nurse, Southern Reynolds County R-II School; Beth Stiefermann, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; and Stefanie Birk, RN, BSN.
We would also like to acknowledge our expert reviewers. A special thank you goes to Carol Jones, RN, AE-C, Nurse Consultant Health Educator, Asthma and Allergy Network, Mothers of Asthmatics; Marian Smithey, RN, BSN, past Education Director, National Association of School Nurses; and Lani Wheeler, MD, Consultant at NEA Health Information Network and Medical Officer at US EPA.
Tammy Rood, CPNP, AE-C has shouldered the primary responsibility for bringing the 2011 version to press. This has taken countless, sometimes painful hours of editing and research. Julie Patterson, Program Coordinator, Asthma Ready® Communities was been a big help formatting documents for the 2011 Missouri School Asthma Manual. Bonnie Clarkson and John Leach, System Support Analysts at University of Missouri-Columbia provided technical assistance for creation of one unified document.
We are very excited that so many opportunities are currently available to school nurses in Missouri to improve school asthma services. Please visit www.asthmaready.org and www.asthmahere.org for further resources and information on current events happening with asthma in Missouri.
Peggy Gaddy, RRT, MBA, Coordinator, Missouri Asthma Prevention and Control Program
Marjorie Cole, RN, MSN, School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services
Ben Francisco, PhD, PNP-BC, AE-C & Tammy Rood, CPNP, AE-C, Asthma Ready® Communities,
Department of Child Health, School of Medicine University of Missouri-Columbia
Carter D. Ward, Executive Director, Missouri School Boards’ Association