The
music-based educational bridge to improved asthma care! Delivers
uniform and consistent asthma management messages Increases self-management skills Improves quality of life
The landmark 2007 Expert Panel Report 3 (EPR-3) states
that a partnership between the clinician and the person with asthma (or the caregiver) is required for effective asthma
management. By working together, self-management skills necessary to control asthma can be taught and learned. Self-management
education improves patient outcomes (e.g., reduced urgent care visits, hospitalizations, limitations on activities as well
as improved health status, quality of life, and perceived control of asthma) and can be cost-effective.1
CTK's 7-song asthma education music CD, "Asthma Blues"®,
creates the educational bridge that strengthens communication between health care professionals and the person with
asthma. "Asthma Blues"® translates the goals of the EPR-3 into music and delivers 5 of
the 6 Key Priority Messages from the 2008 Guidelines Implementation Panel (GIP) Report. "Asthma
Blues"® addresses two of the GIP Report's core themes, Communication and Patient/Provider Support by
utilizing the science of music and learning to communicate the NHLBI guidelines for asthma management.
“Asthma Blues”® empowers people with asthma and their caregivers
with vital information that builds the structure for asthma management, delivers key concepts that
help them to take control of asthma, and equips them with the tools to keep asthma controlled.
1. 2007 EPR-3: Section 3, Component 2: Education
For A Partnership In Asthma.