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Purpose: To examine the impact of a peer-led asthma education program on asthma knowledge, attitudes, and quality of life among adolescents.

Conclusion: Peer-led asthma education was well received in the high school setting and led to important improvements in asthma knowledge among students with asthma and their peers.

Purpose: To examine the impact of a peer-led asthma education program on asthma knowledge, attitudes, and quality of life among adolescents.

Conclusion: Peer-led asthma education was well received in the high school setting and led to important improvements in asthma knowledge among students with asthma and their peers.

The Adolescent Asthma Action (Triple A) Program is an evidence based asthma health promotion program for schools, using peers as educators. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and value of training medical students as Triple A Educators.

QUESTION: In adolescents with asthma, is a peer led asthma education programme
more effective than no programme for improving quality of life (QoL)?

Objective: To determine the effect of a peer led programme for asthma education on quality of life and related morbidity in adolescents with asthma.

Conclusion: The triple A programme leads to a clinically relevant improvement in quality of life and related morbidity in students with asthma. Wider dissemination of this programme in schools could play an important part in reducing the burden of asthma in adolescents.

Issue addressed: Asthma awareness in a rural community and the involvement of the community pharmacist in proactive health promotion.

Conclusions: The study provided a unique opportunity for community pharmacists to increase asthma awareness in a rural setting. The study demonstrated that it is feasible for rural community pharmacists to become involved in proactive health promotion and effectively provide asthma outreach programs.