Chair Schulman on students served and asthma case management services
Leniak states the current program serves 2,200 children in 14 schools; the expansion aims to reach 750 additional children, with about 6,000 people reached through training and community education. Services include medication administration, distribution, and self-management education.
How many students and families are expected to be served annually through the expansion?
So,
Currently, with the current asthma case management program, which operates in 14 schools, we serve over 2,200 children every year.
With this expansion, we are aiming to reach an additional 750 children.
However, because of the intensive asthma case management model and the training that is done in those school communities, we are expecting to reach about 6,000
people through this asthma case management program expansion.
What specific services will students and families receive through the asthma case management program?
So the asthma case management program, you know, is a partnership through the Office of School Health between the Department of Health and New York City Public Schools.
We provide intensive case management services to students, which includes medication administration, medication distribution,
education around self-management, and ultimately education to the entire school community about asthma and prevention.