Table 2.

Asthma self-management education among Asthma Call-back Survey (ACBS) respondents with active asthma in participating states—2006–2007 ACBS data for children and adults.

	Children (≤17 years) (n = 3953)		Adults (≥18 years) (n = 19,723)
Components of asthma self-management education	Sample sizea	Weighted % (95% CI)	Sample sizea	Weighted % (95% CI)
Taught to recognize early signs and symptoms of an asthma episode	3171	82.0 (79.4–84.5)	12,052	64.4 (62.6–66.2)
Taught to respond to an asthma episode appropriately	3330	86.3 (83.9–88.4)	14,300	74.6 (73.0–76.3)
Taught how to use a peak flow meter (PFM)	1734	42.6 (39.4–45.8)	8274	43.5 (41.6–45.3)
Given an action plan	1615	42.6 (39.4–45.9)	4937	26.8 (25.3–28.5)
Taken a course on how to manage asthma	516	13.6 (11.5–16.0)	1787	9.2 (8.3–10.2)
Taught how to use an inhaler	3253	78.6 (75.6–81.3)	17,817	89.8 (88.5–90.9)
Given advice on environment control	1700	44.7 (41.6–47.9)	7823	43.2 (41.4–45.1)
Asthma education score
Seven	175	3.9 (3.0–5.0)	531	3.2 (2.6–3.9)
Six	561	15.3 (13.1–17.8)	1997	10.1 (9.1–11.3)
Five	795	19.3 (16.9–21.8)	3171	18.0 (16.5–19.5)
Four	799	18.1 (15.9–20.6)	3836	20.1 (18.6–21.6)
Three	780	23.2 (20.4–26.3)	3912	19.2 (17.8–20.6)
Two	472	10.6 (9.0–12.5)	2884	12.6 (11.6–13.8)
One	273	7.6 (5.8–9.9)	2588	12.1 (10.9–13.3)
None	98	2.0 (1.4–2.9)	804	4.8 (3.9–5.8)

Notes: Denominator of the estimates represents those who were classified as having active asthma.

^aUnweighted numerator count.