Asthma Knowledge Level of Primary School Teachers in Babol, Iran, 2008

Regarding the fact that two thirds of children's life passes in school, it is important for teachers to have enough knowledge about asthma and how to encounter the disease. Children become panic in asthma attack and this behavior is normal. These children should be supported by other children in the school. Teachers should identify asthmatic patient. Also it is important that patient's classmates be aware of this disease [1]. So, the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of teachers about asthma and its treatment in order to design asthma plan action based on our findings. This cross-sectional descriptive analytical study performed in winter r coordination with department of education, 5 or 6 teachers in every school were randomly chosen in all 80 schools. These teachers were given specifically designed questionnaires including demographic data (age, sex and level of education) and 16 questions about asthma knowledge. Each correct answer was graded 1 and wrong answers 0 (the maximum score of knowledge questionnaire was 16).