Identifying and Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Asthma

Learning Outcome

This webinar will provide you with new approaches to use in your practice that will move asthma management towards health equity.

Topics

• Describe the current state of pediatric asthma.
• Explain factors contributing to asthma health inequalities.

Featured Speaker

Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis, MD, FAAAAI, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is the Chief of the Section of Allergy at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. She earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois Chicago and completed her internship/residency at University of Illinois Chicago. She completed a fellowship in allergy/immunology at the University of Wisconsin.

Contact Hours

1.0 nursing contact hour will be offered upon successful completion of the program.

1.0 Respiratory Therapy Credit. Continuing Education Institute of Illinois is an Illinois Department of Professional Regulation approved CE Sponsor for respiratory therapy professionals.

Successful completion: Attend the entire program and complete the evaluation.

No relevant financial relationships were identified for any member of the planning committee or the presenter of the program.

Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

There is no charge to attend. This program is supported by a grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health for the Asthma Quality Improvement in Critical Access Hospitals 2025 project.