NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Educating asthmasufferers in a way that is specific and appropriate to theirindividual and cultural needs can make a positive difference intheir quality of life, researchers have found.

“Culture-specific programs, in comparison to generic educationprograms or usual care, were effective at improving asthma relatedquality of life for adults and asthma knowledge scores for childrenand parents,” Emily Bailey told Reuters Health.

However, “There is not enough evidence at this stage to say thatculture-specific programs will show an improvement for asthmaexacerbations,” said Bailey, of Menzies School of Health Researchin Queensland, Australia.

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