In this module you will learn how to recognise chronic wet cough, what causes it and how it is treated.
Face to Face Community Awareness
Our LungSmart team travel all over WA to spread awareness of lung health and chronic wet cough in Indigenous communities. We can provide awareness sessions for community groups including early learning centres, Kindilink, and playgroups. The team are happy to join community events with a stall, resources, story time and activities.
Click below to enquire about a visit to your area or to access free resources.
Free Online eLearning
Click below to access our free online eLearning module and learn more about chronic wet cough.
Become a Community Ambassador
We are looking for community ambassadors to help spread awareness about chronic wet cough in your communities- “If a little one has a wet cough every day for more than 4 weeks, get to clinic quick!”
Together, we can help families recognise the signs early and support healthy lungs for kids.
Health Professional Awareness and Resources
Chronic wet cough can be a symptom of lung infection, and if left untreated, can result in permanent lung damage.
In many cases disease progression can be halted or even reversed when diagnosed and treated early.
LungSmart Awareness Sessions
The LungSmart team can provide wet cough awareness sessions to health professionals, both face-face and online. Get in touch to arrange a session.
Online Training
Hear from a panel of experts on the evidence, strategies and considerations in chronic wet cough in First Nations children.
Learning outcomes:
- Identify respiratory conditions most often mis/undiagnosed in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children presenting with chronic wet cough
- Describe the guideline-recommended approach to management of chronic wet cough, PBB, CSLD and bronchiectasis, including the importance of follow-up in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children hospitalised with chest infection
- Discuss enablers and barriers in addressing chronic wet cough
- Apply culturally secure practices in paediatric respiratory health settings
The Kids Research Institute Resources
- Wet Cough Project
- Tackling Wet Cough in Children
- Treatment Flow Chart
- Clinical Yarning with Aboriginal Mother Scenario 1
- Clinical Yarning with Aboriginal Mother Scenario 2
Other Resources & Research
- PBB, Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease & Bronchiectasis –Paediatric Empiric Guideline (CAHS)
- Lung health of Aboriginal children hospitalised with chest infections improved following co-designed intervention
- Study finds high rates of chronic lung disease in remote-living Aboriginal children
- A wet cough for four weeks means it’s time to get it checked out