A new program is reducing the consequences that arise as a result of asthma in students.
With children having to miss school after severe asthma attacks that often lead to 911 calls, Tarrant County leaders and educators are working to expand a program that helps to keep students in class by controlling their breathing.
Asthma 411, the program piloted by the University of North Texas Health Science Center with the help of Cook Children’s, equips campus nurses with nebulizers, face masks, tubing, and albuterol.
THE ASTHMA 411 PROGRAM HAS HAD SUCCESS
The program has been successful in aiding with asthma-related health issues at Eastern Hills Elementary and Forest Oak Middle School since 2013. Just this year, 18 campuses were added to the program.
Asthma related calls to 911 decreased significantly, as did asthma related absences, which dropped by 52 percent, according to the UNT Health Science Center.
The district plans on expanding even further this fall after the program’s success.
Delivering what’s new and next in Dallas-Fort Worth innovation, every day. Get the Dallas Innovates e-newsletter.
R E A D N E X T
-
Five local winners received up to $200,000 in funding to activate their solutions throughout North Texas.
-
High schoolers who focused on the mental, emotional aspects of health care dominated the hackathon. That's especially impressive, considering that of the 14 teams competing, four were high school teams, eight were college teams, and two were professional teams. See the top three winning submissions here.
-
The award from the National Institutes of Health will help HSC lead the AI/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity, or AIM-AHEAD, program. The effort will bring together experts in community engagement, AI/ML, health equity research, data science training, and data infrastructure.
-
Dallas-based engineering giant Jacobs has been selected as one of the program management firms for the $3.47 billion Dallas Independent School District (DISD) 2020 Bond Program. The largest ISD project in Texas history, the program will deliver improvements to more than 200 of DISD's 230 campuses. Dallas voters approved the program via two bond propositions last year to fund school repairs and upgrades—and update DISD technology, which has become even more vital in the wake of COVID. "Dallas ISD is considered to be one of the fastest-improving urban school districts in the country and by collaborating we can continue to create…
-
The noninvasive technology—developed in collaboration with Austin-based Shani Biotechnologies—may enable real-time monitoring of vital blood parameters like hemoglobin, without taking blood samples or using expensive equipment. It could be especially useful for monitoring people of color, helping to close racial disparities in health care diagnostics.
