Table 1.

Focus group discussion guide.

Topic	Prompting question
Knowledge	In your words, what is asthma?
	Were you familiar with asthma before your child was diagnosed?
Diagnosis	How old was your child when s/he was diagnosed?
	Can you talk about the circumstance leading to the diagnosis?
Severity	How severe is the asthma? Does s/he take any medication?
Asthma effects	How does asthma affect your child’s life? What about your family?
Access to health care	Do you go to a primary doctor or clinic to help you control your child’s asthma?
Asthma control	Are there things that you can do to make the asthma better?
Asthma education	Have you received asthma education in the past?