What: a large, red, double decker, London bus equipped with a video center, lighted storyboards and interactive activities related
to asthma. The bus is staffed by a full time educator and is sponsored through an unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline
Length of program: 45 Minutes to 1 hour per class
Target Audience: fifth and sixth grade students attending Philadelphia Public Schools
Bus Capacity: 20-25 students total on the bus at any one time (10-13 students on each level)
Availability: Limited
Contact: LaTonia Peters, MPH at 215-955-9403 or via email at
latonia.peters@mail.tju.edu
About Asthma
Asthma is a lifelong illness and is the number one cause among school children of
- missed school days
- hospitalization
- poor academic performance
- medicine prescribed by a doctor
- loss of play time
When properly treated, people with asthma can live a normal life. Yet, as many as half of all children with asthma do not
know they have the disease.
Undiagnosed children with asthma represent a “missed opportunity” for in-school education and counseling.
Through innovative community outreach programs such as The Asthma Bus, it is our intention to identify students at risk and
to empower them with the skills and knowledge that will ultimately improve the quality of their lives.
Physicians at Jefferson’s Children’s Health Center Offer Asthma Education Day
(Published 11-11-2004) Free Flu Shots for Children with Asthma
Asthma Bus Live on NBC10
(Aired 4-1-2004,
Ch. 10) Jefferson Medical College's Asthma Bus traveling education exhibit visits Ch.10's "10!" live talk show this morning, April
1. Jefferson Asthma expert Dr. Sal Mangione who directs the bus program, also appears on the show to discuss his research
on how asthma impacts on student absenteeism in inner-city public school.
Asthma in School
(Aired 3-15-2004,
90.1FM) Asthma is a serious chronic disease that affects an increasing number of inner-city children. On WHYY-FM(90.1FM)'s Radio
Times, Monday, March 15, pulmonogist Sal Mangione, M.D. from Thomas Jefferson University, discusses Jefferson's asthma education
program, the Asthma BUSters and his studies on absenteeism in public schools due to asthma. The segment airs between 11 a.m.
and noon on 90.1FM.
Attacking School Kids
(Published 3-7-2004,
Daily News) Asthma expert Dr. Sal Mangione, M.D. of Jefferson Medical College, in March 7 Philadelphia Daily News, discussed his research
on how asthma impacts on student absenteeism in inner-city public school and the medical school's Asthma Bus education program.
Attacking School Kids' Asthma
(Published 3-8-2004,
Times Leader) Sean Patterson Jr., age 8, stood in front of a truancy court judge one day last month to explain why he's missed 35 days
of school so far this year.
Asthma and Kids
(Aired 7-30-2003,
48Update) Tonight, Wednesday, July 30 at 7 p.m. on 48Update (Ch. 48) Thomas Jefferson University asthma specialist Sal Mangione, M.D.
discusses asthma impact on children and Jefferson's Asthma Bus, an innovative educational exhibit on asthma for middle-school
students in Philadelphia.
Aetna Presents Thomas Jefferson University AsthmaBus Program with $50,000 Grant for Asthma Information and Referral Service
for Children
(Published 12-15-2003) Seventy-five fifth and sixth-graders from the Roberto Clemente Middle School, who could be aided by
the
Child with
Asthma
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Line, or Asthma CALL Center, will be in attendance for the check presentation
