Changing the way inhalers are used in the media.

justTUX

I have written before about my disgust of the way inhalers and asthma are portrayed in the media. I wish I could wave a magic wand and it would all be corrected so that it was not just the geeky fat kids showed with asthma but anyone could have asthma, and also the way inhalers used would go inline with the best practice guidelines. We pick up so much from the media both consciously and subconsciously and this includes the way inhalers are used. We adapt our way of using them from what we see around us.

WE NEED TO SEE THE RIGHT IMAGES

We cant change everything but a group of us have got together to try and make some change. To start off we have a short survey of 3 questions to help us see where we need to focus our attention.

It would be fantastic as a reader of my blog if you could complete this survey for me.

Published by justTUX

I am a nurse and passionate about all sports but due to brittle asthma I find myself on the sidelines more and more often. I use my experience with Brittle Asthma to raise awareness about asthma and how change needs to be made. I volunteer as a PPI lead for the Asthma UK Applied Research Centre who aim to reduce asthma deaths, reduce hospital admissions due to asthma and encourage good asthma control. I try not let asthma stop me. This is my life with asthma charting the highs and lows and different experiences due to having brittle asthma. It has shaped me as a person and dictated what I do in life but I won't let it stop me.

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