Evaluation of the Asthma Management Program to Promote Activity for Students in Schools (Asthma-PASS)

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on parent report with validation from the child'sphysician)

• Intermittent asthma (but with a report of asthma symptoms, such as coughing,wheezing, chest tightness, mucus/phlegm or shortness of breath, in the past 12months)

• Mild persistent or more severe asthma based on prescribed controller medication (currently well-controlled) but with a report of asthma symptoms (as specifiedabove) within the past 12 months [well-controlled due to taking controllermedications in the past 12 months and without asthma symptoms (as specified above)within the past 12 months will qualify]

• Mild persistent or more severe asthma, or asthma that is uncontrolled despitetherapy (based on age-specific guidelines)

• Attending pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in NYC (primarily Bronx) schools andalso schools in lower Hudson Valley

• Parent is able to speak and understand either English or Spanish

• Consent from the primary caregiver, caregiver permission for child participation aswell as assent from the child (for age 7 and above)

Exclusion Criteria:

• No access to a phone to conduct follow-up surveys

• Family plans to leave the school or city in less than 6 months

• The child has other significant medical conditions, such as congenital heartdisease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease

• Child is unable to participate in routine physical education (PE) classes as perphysician-completed sports participation form

• Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained froma guardian

• Child is a participant in a concurrent asthma intervention study