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Personalised Asthma Management to Prevent Flare-Ups in Children
Despite advances in asthma care, many families face challenges implementing consistent management strategies, leading to preventable emergency department visits and hospitalisations.
With so many diagnostic tests and treatments as well as clinical practice tools and guidelines, we recognise it can be challenging for health professionals to stay up to date.
This collection of education, clinical practice tools and patient education resources has been designed based on insights from the lived experience of people with asthma as well as multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
They meet the needs of healthcare professionals in accessible, contemporary CPD education and resources that are available in bite-size formats. Ultimately this means healthcare professionals can support children with asthma and their families to feel empowered to self-manage asthma with a preventative mindset, meaning flare-ups are minimised and reduced hospitalisation.
Self Appraisal
Before you engage in the Paediatric Asthma Care collection we recommend that you take a few minutes to complete the Self Appraisal.
The purpose of the Self Appraisal is to provide an opportunity for self-assessment of your current awareness and knowledge, skills and application in terms of best practice, person-centred asthma care for children. Upon completion, we will send you a copy of your results and recommendations on where to find content which may suit your needs and interests.
Online Medical Education
Access current thinking through the Asthma in Australia: Practical Solutions for challenges in primary care accredited CPD content through a single Advanced Course, or six standalone Modules, all free of charge.
Jump into Module 5: Paediatric asthma to gain greater confidence in diagnosing and treating childhood asthma, and an understanding of the impact of childhood asthma on families. A series of case studies help guide you through relevant Australian guidelines for initiation and adjustment of asthma medications for children.
To focus on preventative care for your patients with asthma, get started with Module 4: Preventative care to stop asthma flares. The module provides and overview of potentially modifiable risk factors for flare-ups such as high SABA use, comorbidities, and exposures, and explores management strategies and brief interventions that participants can implement with their patients. Practical tips are included for GPs working in rural and remote areas, as well as for those working with culturally diverse populations.
Paediatric Asthma Care Masterclass: Practical Engagement Strategies
This engaging masterclass on paediatric asthma care brought together a multidisciplinary panel to discuss practical engagement strategies and person-centered care. The discussion was rich with clinical pearls and practical insights, including multidisciplinary review of a case study and collaborative completion of an Asthma Action Plan.
Major topics covered included:
- The critical importance of building therapeutic relationships and understanding family circumstances to support treatment adherence.
- Creative solutions for common challenges, from encouraging spacer use at school to addressing cost barriers.
- Use of the Childhood-Asthma Control Test to structure consultations and assess control.
- Breaking down barriers to effective self-management through understanding social, cultural and economic factor.
- Practical resources for families to manage environmental triggers at home and approaches to allergic rhinitis management as part of asthma care
Watch the recording to hear how different health professionals collaborate to support optimal outcomes, with real-world examples of tailoring management for diverse family circumstances. The tools mentioned by the panel are linked from this page to allow you to implement in your practice immediately.
Paediatric Asthma Care Masterclass: Reliever Over-Reliance
Join us at this live 90-minute webinar on 11 June 2025.
This webinar aims to address the complex cycle of reliever over-reliance in children with asthma. Practical techniques in identifying sub-optimal asthma control, along with exploring psychological dependence on relievers and how to encourage best-practice asthma care will be discussed.
The Quality Use of Medicines in Chronic Airways Disease Program is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. This is an initiative by the Lung Learning Partnership, a consortium of the Lung Foundation Australia, The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Asthma Australia.
