Education
- Arrange school visits – educate children about asthma and offer on-the-spot peak flow meter testing (these activities would be combined with plays, concerts or poetry competitions highlighting the concept of asthma control).
- Update the educational content on our website.
- Stage a meeting at your office, department, school, workplace etc. to update your colleagues, classmates etc. on latest knowledge in prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
- Secure sponsorship from a pharmaceutical company to hold a public on-the-spot peak flow meter testing and education for participants in collaboration with health professionals.
- Organize debates about local issues affecting asthma control – e.g. pollution, smoking, access to asthma care and medication.
- Have a radio talk on asthma – It does not have to be only on the World Asthma Day.
- Organize an outdoor meeting where you educate participants about managing asthma in an outdoor environment.
- Set up a display of asthma information in your office, department, school, workplace.
- Host a panel discussion at a group for parents and teachers (Parents-Teachers Association, PTA, meeting) in which two or three parents of children with asthma discuss their experiences with asthma control. Invite a pulmonologist or other suitable health professional to be part of the discussion.
- Follow up at least one asthma patient.
- Organize an essay competition/poetry on asthma in secondary schools and/or universities. State asthma themes that should be covered in the essay/poem.
- Create games for children that will educate them about asthma control.
- Provide a radio advertisement/jingle on asthma.
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