asthma adherence for college students: priority mapping
DESCRIPTION
Possible ways to get an asthmatic college student to take his or her prescribed daily preventative inhaler, sorted by effectiveness and feasibility.TRANSCRIPT
Use your inhaler!Getting an asthmatic college student to take the prescribed daily preventative inhaler once a day in the morning
Priority Map by Catherine LuOctober [email protected]
Expert Focus Area
Preliminary Mapping
Very effective in getting Sam to take daily asthma inhaler
Not effective in getting Sam to take daily asthma inhaler
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is Yes! We can get Sam
to do this
Sam becomes a mentor for a young asthmatic (e.g.
through a volunteer club)Sam joins an asthmatics
group on campus
Sam hears personal stories about benefits of using a
preventative inhaler
Sam signs up for an online forum for asthmatics
Sam makes a pact with an asthmatic friend to
use a daily inhaler
Sam researches benefits of using a
preventative inhaler
Sam attends a summit for asthmatics
Sam becomes a campus advocate for
healthy behaviors
Sam takes an immunology class where she learns
about asthma
Sam watches a video about benefits of using a preventative inhaler
Sam thinks “I’m awesome” each time she uses her inhaler
Sam buys a year-supply of the preventative inhaler
Sam makes a verbal promise to her parents to
use her inhaler daily
Sam keeps track of the longest streak for using her inhaler, and rewards herself (e.g. by shopping:
# days x $5)
Sam signs up for a rewards system where she gets
prizes for reporting taking medication
Sam joins a newsletter for
asthmatics
Sam takes her inhaler daily for the next week
Sam puts a sign on her door to remind herself
to use her inhaler
Sam places her inhaler next to her toothbrush
Sam inputs a daily phone reminder to
use her inhaler
Sam inputs a Google calendar reminder to use her inhaler
Sam asks asthma questions at her next doctor’s visit
Sam watches a video about how to use an
inhaler properly
Sam tells herself that using the inhaler allows
her to be healthier
• One-time behaviors for achieving this goal are easy to do and can be effective by setting up future healthy behaviors
• It will be necessary to design for at least two groups (“forgetful” and “unmotivated”)
• It’s much harder to motivate someone who does not want to take asthma medication than to remind someone who does
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