Primary schoolteachers' knowledge of asthma: The impact of pharmacist intervention

The Newcastle Asthma Knowledge questionnaire was used to determine primary schoolteachers' knowledge of asthma. The mean score achieved (20.71 +/- 3.2 0), was representative of a reasonable degree of knowledge. However, knowle dge of symptoms associated with asthma and of medications used to manage th e condition was poor. Teachers who had contact with an asthmatic individual or who had received previous training on asthma had a significantly greate r knowledge of asthma. An asthma training session, delivered by a pharmacis t, was found to significantly improve primary schoolteachers' knowledge of the condition, however, the extent of the improvement was low.