Effects of Educational Intervention on Long-Term Outcomes of Hospitalized Children With Asthma

"Before beginning the actual study, a board-certified Asthma Educator (AE) will prepare and administer an asthma education training session for the study personnel, including the PI, the co-investigators, and the study coordinator. The AE will also make herself available via pager for assistance with questions from the study personnel regarding asthma education.~At the end of the administration of the phone surveys (i.e. at 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months following enrollment), the study coordinator will provide reinforced asthma education to the caregiver via telephone for the subjects enrolled in Group A (the intervention group). The reinforced asthma education will be consistent with the asthma education training session delivered by the AE before the beginning of the study."