Asthma Patient Education: Partnership in Care.
BACKGROUND
Asthma education is a necessary and critical component of asthma management.


METHODS
A review of the most-to-date global and national (US) guidelines and standards provides the basis for this concise asthma education primer.


RESULTS
Effective asthma education that yields enhanced long-term health outcomes is accomplished by the proper patient-specific knowledge and behavior change tools. Communication technique (quality) as well as asthma education content (quantity) should receive recurrent assessment by all healthcare team members.


CONCLUSIONS
Asthma education delivery can be easily planned for and routinely delivered, keeping the shared goals of patient and healthcare team in mind.
Asthma Programs, Center for Managing Chronic Disease, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Randall
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Brown
D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care
asthma; asthma guidelines; behavior; clinician adherence; education; quality improvement