Childhood Asthma and How Asthma Educators Can Help

6 June 2013
Speaker(s): 
Dr. Floyd Malveaux (The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc.), Dr. Chanda Nicole Holsey (Association of Asthma Educators), Ellen O’Kelley (Association of Asthma Educators), Kristi Isaac Rapp (Xavier University of Louisiana), and Dr. Denise Woodall-Ruff (Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans)

Expand the traditional healthcare team to include asthma educators/counselors/coordinators could close the gap in care for children with asthma. Learn the barriers to the wide-spread integration of the asthma educator, which includes limited reimbursement for educational and counseling services despite a national standardized certification process and minimal awareness about the role and benefits of these professionals.