The University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) was awarded a $178,783 Project Grant by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). The grant, titled "POLICY TO PRACTICE: AN IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE-BASED APPROACH TO STOCK INHALERS IN SCHOOLS", will support Dr. Pappalardo's research to test school-based asthma health policy implementation interventions in high-asthma burden communities.
The project aims to understand barriers to implementing stock inhaler policies in schools and develop targeted implementation strategies through human-centered design methods. It will then pilot test the implementation strategies in three schools across one to two high-asthma burden Illinois counties, assessing process-level implementation and early effectiveness outcomes. The results will inform a future randomized, stepped-wedge implementation trial of an asthma management program focused on improving access to asthma medications for children affected by health disparities. This work is expected to advance Dr. Pappalardo's career development towards becoming an independently funded clinician scientist leading community-engaged implementation science research to address persistent asthma health inequities.
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