National clinical guidelines have been put forth to assist healthcare providers (HCPs) in
the diagnosis and treatment of asthma (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, 1997,
2002). A key point in the asthma guidelines was the need for patients with persistent
asthma to adhere to a daily controller medication plan. To help adults with asthma reach
this goal, researchers have developed, implemented and evaluated adult asthma educa-