CTK's Asthma Group Presentations:
- Provide
asthmatics and caregivers with an innovative and
original evidence-based asthma education program
- Raise awareness among program participants that asthma is a
serious, but manageable chronic disease
- Improve the recognition of asthma symptoms and triggers by
patients, families,
and caregivers
- Teach participants basic asthma physiology that includes the
components of asthma and their effect on the lungs
- Bring clarity to the specific
function of asthma medications
and proper technique for their delivery
- Explain
the importance of using a peak flow meter as part of
a written asthma action plan
- Help to improve patient compliance
- Support and help to strengthen the physician-patient relationship