Category Archives: Asthma education

The following discussion of asthma education is based on the paradigm shown in Figure 1. Briefly, there are available, effective management strategies for the on-going treatment of asthma and the management of acute exacerbations. With effective education, patients with asthma can acquire the appropriate knowledge and skills to self-manage asthma appropriately. However, to achieve an improvement in indexes of morbidity (or mortality), a change in self-management behaviour is required; specifically, improved knowledge has to be translated into a change in behaviour. (more…)

International consensus guidelines have stressed asthma education and patient self-management as integral components of asthma management . In a recent editorial, Blessing-Moore defined the aims of asthma education as to provide knowledge and find effective motivational techniques that can assist in the translation of knowledge into (positive action) behavioural practices that will improve decision making skills and eventually improve therapeutic outcomes. (more…)