Social Determinants of Asthma (or, They Let Me In To This Conference) (CE CRCE)

This presentation on Social determinants of asthma was part of the 2019 annual meeting of the Association of Asthma Educators. Below are the goals of this conference.

• Highlight key differences in the management of patients with asthma from those who have asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap.
• Describe timely concepts of asthma disparities that asthma educators must address to improve patient outcomes.
• Identify at least three causes of nocturnal symptoms in patients with asthma.
• Develop a school-based plan for asthma care that includes issues important to the school, the provider, and the student with asthma.
• Identify leadership opportunities to improve asthma care and education at the national, state, and local levels.
• Develop at least three strategies to improve communication with teens that fail to recognize their asthma.
• Differentiate between asthma and anaphylaxis in the school setting.
• Discuss current scientific research regarding exercise-induced bronchospasm.
• Explain appropriate use of new devices in use for treatment and clinical monitoring of patients with asthma.
• Identify emerging treatments and clinical findings reported in the asthma literature.