NAPNAP Joins the National Institute of Health in Advancing Asthma Control and Care

Apr 05, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Felicia K. Taylor, Director of Membership, Chapters and Communication
Phone:    856/857-9700
Fax:        856/857-1600
Email:     ftaylor@napnap.org

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Joins the National Institutes of Health in Advancing Asthma Control and Care

Cherry Hill, NJ  (April 5, 2010)— The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners joined a group of leading, non-profit, scientific, professional, academic, and consumer/patient advocacy organizations in helping Americans with asthma breathe easier through a national asthma initiative coordinated by the National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

NAPNAP signed a two-year contract through the NHLBI’s National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI) Strategic Partnership Engagement Program to develop and implement a Pediatric Asthma Education (PAE) Train-the-Trainer Program. The program is scheduled to begin in January 2011.

“We are pleased to work with such an esteemed group of professionals to help improve asthma outcomes throughout communities in need of assistance. This program will link evidenced-based learning opportunities with pediatric healthcare professionals who deliver asthma care to children” said NAPNAP President, Michelle Beauchesne, DNSc, RN, CPNP, FNAP, FAANP.

“Our goal is to help people who have asthma lead longer, healthier, and fuller lives, thereby reducing asthma’s toll on those who have it,” said the NHLBI’s Coordinator of the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, Diana Schmidt, M.P.H., NAEPP.  “Strategic partners play a critical role in realizing this goal.”

The NACI Strategic Partnership Engagement Program is one of three core NACI national efforts to enlist dedicated stakeholders at national, regional, state, and local levels to improve asthma care, control and outcomes. The other two are the NACI National Champions Program, and the NACI National Demonstration Project Program. The priority messages are to assess asthma severity; assess asthma control; schedule follow-up visits; use inhaled corticosteroids; use asthma action plans; and control environmental exposures.

*Editors: For interviews, contact the individual at the top of the release. To speak with an NHLBI representative, please call 301-496-4236 and ask for the press officer on duty, or email NHLBI_news@nhlbi.nih.gov.

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The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is committed to improving the health care of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. An association of over 7,000 health care providers throughout the Unites States, NAPNAP is the only advanced practice registered nursing organization in the world focused on pediatric health and has 47 Chapters in 32 states. For more information call 856/857-9700 or visit NAPNAP’s Website at www.napnap.org.

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