Peer led asthma education improves quality of life in teenagers with asthma

Inadequate asthma management often leads to frequent school absenteeism and admissions to hospital. This can compromise a teenager's education, social skills, and physical activity. In adolescence, peers often have a major influence on health behaviour, and on p 583 Shah et al describe the effects of a peer led programme for asthma education (the "Triple A" programme) on improvements in quality of life for adolescents with asthma. They found that eight students needed to be educated by their peers for one student with asthma to report a clinically significant improvement in quality of life. This structured peer led programme could play an important part in reducing the burden of asthma in adolescents.

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