title: Happy Air: a school-based educational program to maximize detection of asthma in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether an active partnership among school, parents, and pediatricians allows early identification and treatment of asthmatic children.
  
  
  METHODS
  An asthma educational program (Happy Air), based on a strong family-physician-school interrelationship, was performed in six primary schools (2,765 children) before administering a screening questionnaire to the parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A high response rate (96%) demonstrated 2,649 responders available for the asthma screening: 135 children (5%) received a diagnosis of asthma, of which 37 (27%) were recognized de novo.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The active participation of school and parents is the determining factor for the success of an asthma screening program.
authors.affiliation: Policlinico Tor Vergata, Centro Interdisciplinare di Pediatria Specialistica-Allergologia e Immunologia, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. chini@med.uniroma2.it
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borruto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chianca
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corrente
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Graziani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iannini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: La Rocca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roscioni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Visconti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moschese
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008403:Mass Screening; D010290:Parents; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires