Impact of a Curriculum Intervention on Asthma Knowledge in Adolescents of a Public School in Salvador-Bahia-Brazil

KARE - Knowledge about Asthma and Respiratory Education is an educational curriculum intervention organized with school staff to be applied to the intervention group. This intervention will consist of theoretical - practical weekly workshops with a targeted content for asthma and involves aspects related to anatomy and physiology of the respiratory tract, conceptualization of asthma, prevention, treatment, maintenance and retrieval; recognition and actions in periods of exacerbations and use the action plan. These workshops are suitable for the course plan of disciplines sciences, biology, chemistry, physics, history, geography, portuguese and mathematics. Those are characterized as a mandatory curriculum component and they should be developed for all students.