ARTICLE
Vol 135 No 1554: 6 May 2022
Effectiveness of a preschool asthma education programme, compared to usual care, on the frequency of acute asthma events: a community-based cluster randomised trial
Natalie Walker, Taina von Blaramberg, Janet Mackay, Wendy McNaughton, Janine Strickland, Janice Van Mil, Joanne Moorcroft, Caroline Funnell, Lynne Smith, Emma Bettle, Kylie Power, Marama Parore, Varsha Parag, Christopher Bullen, Scott Springford Metcalfe
In 2001 and 2003, the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) found that young children in New Zealand had some of the world’s highest prevalence of asthma symptoms, with reported asthma in 30% of children aged 6–7 years and current wheeze in 22%.