Table 4.

Asthma education topics nurses believed students would find most useful (N = 162).

Topic	Urban (N = 125)	Rural (N = 37)
	n (%)	n (%)
How to keep asthma under control	113(90.4)	33(89.2)
How to use an inhaler correctly	113(90.4)	31(83.8)
The difference between a rescue and controller medication*	108(86.4)	25(67.6)
How to manage asthma while exercising	96(76.8)	30(81.1)
How to talk to teachers about asthma	60(48.0)	18(48.6)
How to talk to friends about asthma	60(48.0)	17(45.9)

Note: Nurses could select multiple topics.

^*Significant chi-square tests (p < 0.01).