Resources
Resources for teachers, health professionals and students looking to promote health in their schools and communities. Learn more about our work, including out flagship programs, SALSA and Triple A.
[ARTICLE] Peer-led asthma education for adolescents: Impact evaluation
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.
[ARTICLE] Peer-led asthma education improves quality of life in adolescents
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.
[ARTICLE] Evidence-based asthma health promotion using medical students as peer educators
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.
[PDF] A peer led asthma education programme in adolescents was more effective than no programme for improving quality of life
QUESTION: In adolescents with asthma, is a peer led asthma education programme
more effective than no programme for improving quality of life (QoL)?
[ARTICLE] Effect of peer-led programme for asthma education in adolescents: cluster randomized controlled trial
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.
[ARTICLE] Innovative asthma health promotion by rural community pharmacists: a feasibility study
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.
