Pupils help design an app for asthma
Reporter: Lucy Kenderdine
Date published: 03 April 2015
USING their experiences:(l-r) Kya Woods, Debbie Longley (respiratory nurse, Oldham's Children's Community Nursing Service), Sophie Rawlings and Thomas Donnellan
ASTHMATIC pupils from a Chadderton secondary school have been working with nurses to create an innovative app to help them control their health.
A group of 11 to 16 year olds from Newman College met specialist asthma nurses from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust to help shape the new app and website for asthma sufferers.
The app will provide access to a range of asthma-related health and wellbeing resources for children aged five to 18 years - including videos, animations, community forums, advice from professionals and more.
During the session the pupils were asked to share their experiences of living with asthma and how the app could be developed to best meet their needs. Pupils at the college, which is the latest school to offer its support to the project, were also involved in developing a name and design for the app and website.
Jane Hughes, art subject leader, said: “Ten students were selected from our asthma register to contribute to the project. Using their artistic talents, they contributed with great enthusiasm and generated fabulous ideas that are relevant to young people with asthma.”
The asthma app is part of a wider My Health My Community project that is being led by Pennine Care, in partnership with clinical commissioning groups, councils, carers and other partners across Oldham, Rochdale and Bury.
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