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What is the most effective way of organising local asthma services to ensure all people with asthma can access information & support? (e.g. specialist nurses)
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Healthcare systems
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Education about living with asthma (reducing social stigma) AND training to help children having asthma attacks for teachers. A) managing attacks/worsening symptoms; B) general awareness - "normalising"
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Attitudes and knowledge
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Support
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What is the best way to ensure access to up-to-date, relevant information about regular treatments & how they work & ensuring appropriate understanding? (i.e. taking it when well) - for different populations
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Healthcare systems
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Medication
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What is the effect of understanding your asthma attack & having a personalised asthma plan (based on what has worked before?)
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Self-care
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What do we know about the short-term and long-term effects of regular medication (e.g. steroids), how much is safe, when to 'step up' or 'step down'?
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Medication
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What is the best way to achieve shared understanding between doctors & patients with acute asthma?
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Attitudes and knowledge
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Healthcare systems
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Reasons for not taking medications (e.g. oral steroids) for patients are different to what doctors are thinking (oral steroids make me crazy; I can't sleep on steroids versus bone density)
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Medication
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How do we work in partnership with patients & empower them to treat asthma alongside other conditions & consider how drugs & symptoms overlap & interact?
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Attitudes and knowledge
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Healthcare systems
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Medication
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Asthma acute attack and anxiety: do the following help? Using a pulse oximeter (measure oxygen); a fast-track asthma service; phone application for monitoring asthma; being told nothing works
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Lifestyle factors
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Self-care
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Healthcare systems
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For teenagers & adults - does learning how to stay calm (breathing/yoga) help you to manage asthma attack?
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Lifestyle factors
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Self-care
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What evidence-based self-help (e.g. diet, vitamin D, exercise) measures are useful in controlling long-term symptoms/asthma?
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Lifestyle factors
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Drs/consultants/nurses/other healthcare professionals talking to each other. More joined-up thinking (& practicalities - e.g. consultant advises treatment which GP then prescribes)
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Healthcare systems
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