This project aims to gain better understanding of the barriers faced to long-term prescription of control medication and the use of a self-managed action plan in the treatment of asthma; to identify facilitators and potential solutions allowing optimal asthma management by health-care professionals: and explore the choices of therapeutic recommendations. The ultimate objective of this project is to propose potential solutions that would be feasible and useful to implement by Quebec doctors to fill the gap between actual practice and best practice standards.
Principal investigator at the CHU Sainte-Justine
Francine M. Ducharme, M.D., M.Sc., pediatrician and clinical epidemiologist, CHU Sainte-Justine
Co-investigators
Simon L. Bacon, Ph.D., Exercise science department, Concordia University
Lucie Blais, Ph.D., Faculty of pharmacy, University of Montréal
Johanne Collin, Ph.D., Faculty of pharmacy, University of Montréal
Pierre Ernst, M.D., M.Sc., Adult Respirologist, Jewish General Hospital
Roland M. Grad, M.D., C.M., M.Sc., FCFP, Family Physician, Jewish General Hospital
Kim Lavoie, Ph.D., Psychologist, Université du Québec à Montréal
Martha McKinney, M.D., MPH., Pediatric respirologist, CHU Sainte-Justine
Granting organizations
Canadian Institutes of health research of Canada (CIHR)
Financing
199 999 $
Study duration
April 2011 – March 2013
Project team
Alexandrine J. Lamontagne (Research coordinator)
Sandra Peláez (Research agent)