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Youth Asthma Self-Management Program: Empowering Young Patients for Better Health

Join our program to empower youth with asthma through knowledge, skills, and confidence to self-manage their condition. Improve health, reduce emergency care attendance, and enhance overall well-being. Learn about triggers, emotions, goal setting, and emergency preparedness.

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Youth Asthma Self-Management Program: Empowering Young Patients for Better Health

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  1. Ms Davina Ledermann Lead for Self-Management and Behaviour Change Ms Ana Marote Paediatric Asthma Clinical Nurse Specialist

  2. Aims of the project Build YP knowledge, skills and confidence to self-manage Improve health and wellbeing via a biopsychosocial approach Improve medication adherence Improve ACT scores Reduce absence from education/work Reduce urgent and emergency care attendance Reduce non-elective hospital admissions

  3. Self-Management Strong evidence base, especially in adults The King’s Fund: Self Management for Long Term Conditions Supporting People to Manage Their Health: An introduction to Patient Activation

  4. Self-Management Circles Being you Looking after your condition Understanding thoughts & emotions

  5. Sub Skills • Knowing where to get help and information • Healthy Habits • Going for your goals • Getting friendly with Emotions • Being Mindful • Time for fun • Critical thinking • Core Skills in most sessions • Communication • Problem-Solving • Decision-making • Planning Self-Management Skills

  6. Sessions Communication How do I control my asthma? Recognising triggers Becoming more independent Becoming more active Recognising your emotions What to do in an emergency Goal setting

  7. Interventions • 14-17 year olds • 6 x 2 hour workshops • Facilitated group work • YP facilitator • 8 starters, 7 completers • Secondary care referrals • Community setting • Pre and post evaluation of PAM, ACT and healthcare usage • 10-12 year olds • 4 x 1.5 hour workshops • Facilitated group work • YP facilitator • 25 starters, 23 completers • School intervention • Pre and end evaluation of PAM, ACT and healthcare usage

  8. 14-17 year old programme Outcomes

  9. 14-17 year old programme Outcomes 14-17 year old programme Outcomes

  10. 14-17 years old outcomes

  11. 10-12 year old programme Outcomes

  12. 10-12 years old outcomes

  13. Paediatric team – Asthma clinical nurse involvement. Future – collaboration Self-Management and Paediatrics Parent child workshops Transition clinics Collaboration SM & Paediatrics

  14. Group Work What is your understanding of Self-Management, how would you communicate this to colleagues? How would you look to encourage referrals and engagement with the programme? Who would the stakeholders be and how would you engage them?

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