“…Four of the strategies for asthma control reappear in the four components of the NHLBI 2007 guidelines for all persons with asthma: asthma education, monitoring asthma symptoms, control of environmental factors and comorbid conditions, and medications for prevention of symptoms, treatment of attacks, and comorbid conditions (NHLBI, 2007). For adolescents, the success of asthma control is measured by these outcomes: (a) asthma knowledge, (b) school absenteeism, (c) appropriate use of asthma medications, and (d) the decreased use of health care services including ER visits, hospitalizations, and visits with the school nurse (Brasler & Lewis, 2006; Bruzzese, Evans, & Kattan, 2009; Bruzzese, Unikel, Gallagher, Evans, & Colland, 2008; Coffman et al, 2009; Davis et al, 2008; Erickson, Splett, Mullett, Jensen, & Belseth, 2006; Joseph et al, 2007; Magzamen et al, 2008; Mosnaim, Cohen, Rhoads, Rittner, & Powell, 2008; Pulcini, DeSisto, & McIntyre, 2007; Sadof & Kaslovsky, 2011; Splett, Erickson, Belseth, & Jensen, 2006; van der Meer et al, 2007; Wheeler et al, 2009).…”