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Asthma Patient Education: Partnership in Care

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: 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. CONCLUSION: Asthma education delivery can be easily planned for and routinely delivered, keeping the shared goals of patient and healthcare team in mind.

Source: International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology

DOI: 10.1002/alr.21596

Author: Randall Brown

Institution: University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Asthma and respiratory diseases

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Jewish Health