He began the project “Asthma sport and health”.

-One of five asthmatic children lose six or more days of class because of his illness, and approximately 3% of all children aged between 9 and 12 years has visited emergency services by a crisis of asthma

– the project involve 16 school doctors that will work in network to move the program information to more than 80 schools in Andalusia

-school doctors will be teachers so they responsible to explain to the students how to recognize symptoms, what first aid measures must be taken before a crisis of asthma and, in general, helping them to achieve better control of the disease

– If the teacher understands and controls what their behavior and evolución, may be much help the child in the crises that can endure during school and after school
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-experts not only to facilitate the knowledge of asthma, but also promote to classes and physical education activities safer for those who suffer from

Sevilla, 2011-October according to the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC), nearly 15% of Spanish adolescents aged between 13 and 14 years of age have had symptoms of the disease in the last year

In Spain one of every five asthmatic children lose six or more days of class due to his illness, and approximately 3% of all children aged between 9 and 12 years has visited emergency services by a crisis of asthma. In addition, in recent years has increased the number of children of 6 years with this pathology.

Faced with this prospect, the Group of developing respiratory (GVR) of the Association Spanish paediatric of primary care (pediatricians) has launched various initiatives to promote better care for asthma in schools and train teachers of physical education about this disease. Among them the project asthma, sport and health ”.

Asthma, sport and health ”

Asthma, sport and health ” is an initiative targeting minors schools teachers learn about the symptoms of the disease and they have the necessary knowledge to aid and improve the quality of life of the students.

At first, a pilot project was conducted in institutes of secondary education in Seville, which yielded excellent results. Now, after this initial success, Dr. Manuel Praena, Coordinator of the GVR’s pediatricians, director of the Group of education and health in asthma (GESA) and La Candelaria in Seville Health Center primary care physician, leads an initiative more ambitious and greater geographical coverage.

The study was carried out in other primary schools in other cities of Andalusia. On this occasion and says doctor Praena involve 16 school doctors that will work in network to move the educational package asthma sport and health ” to all areas, reaching more than 80 colleges of all Andalusian provinces ”.

Andalusia is the only autonomous community which has school doctors attached to schools of primary education in the public sphere and the doctor Praena stresses that responsible for addressing and explain to the students information about asthma will be their teachers of physical education ”who will be previously, consisting of the medical school of the teams of school guidance (EOE).

in addition, this initiative aims to improve the knowledge of students with asthma while it raises other colleagues on the situation of children with the disease. In this sense, for experts it is very important for teachers to know the symptoms of the disease and have the necessary knowledge to assist children and improve the quality of life of the students.

In order to share information and to instruct teachers on asthma, for three days, the medical school participants will gather in the Center Andalusian Institute of public administration (IIAP) of La Cartuja to provide specific training in several chronic diseases such as asthma and on the draft children’s asthmaSport and health ”.

School doctors will be teachers so they responsible to explain to the students how to recognize symptoms, what first aid measures must be taken before a crisis of asthma and, in general, helping them to achieve a better control of asthma ”, emphasizes the expert.

In this sense, hope Marchal, Adviser of formation of the center of the center of the Faculty of Seville (CEP), dependent of the Ministry of education of Seville, said that if the teacher understands and controls which is the behavior and evolution of this disease, may help a lot the boy or the girl in crises that may suffer during the school period and non-formal ”.

Marchal also notes that teachers may also contribute to reinforce the instructions and advice from health services go marking for the use and management of the various health elements that make it easier to have a more normalized life and quality ”.

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in this way, specialists to improve the skills of students with asthma and sensitizing colleagues who do not have the disease on the situation of which her suffering and the possibility to control, and can perform a full life without limitations in their great majority.

With the expansion of this project, experts seek not only to facilitate the understanding of the disease, but to favor to classes and physical education activities safer for those who suffer from asthma.

Spanish Association of Pediatrics of primary care (pediatricians)

The Spanish Association of Pediatrics of primary care (pediatricians) was constituted as a Federation of associations of pediatricians who work in primary care, scientific and professional and non-profit, currently is associated more than 2,500 Spanish statewide primary care pediatricians.

Within it are different working groups on various subjects (Group prevention in childhood and adolescence, group of Airways, Pediatrics based on evidence, teaching MIR, international cooperation and hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder), brewing currently other working groups such as the one devoted to the pathology of adolescent sleep, the Pediatrics development or a research group.

The main objectives of this Association are to: promote the development of Pediatrics in primary care. Find the maximum State of health of the child and the adolescent. Promote your health. Prevent disease and to facilitate its recovery in case of contract promote and exercise teaching on pediatric primary care of the pregraduado and postgraduate, resident of Pediatric doctors, medical residents in family medicine and community and professionals in the field of primary care; promote and exercise research; coordinate the different health programmes related to the child healthy and diseased; pick up issues and concerns related to the exercise of the primary care Pediatrics and represent the interests of its partners in the framework of laws and to the bodies of the public health administrations and teachers, and other bodies or national or international public or private entities; promote the search for suitable conditions to improve the professional development of Social and community Pediatrics; and coordinate with other similar, regional, national or international associations, activities and projects aimed at the improvement of the Pediatrics in primary care.