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Double click for health: the role of multimedia in asthma education
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Asthma is now the most common chronic childhood illness in Britain and the prevalence is increasing.1 Currently 1.5 million children (aged 2-15 years) in the UK are estimated to have asthma, giving the country one of the highest prevalences in the world,2 with estimated costs of £100-150m.3 Asthma also has a significant social impact, including school absence4 and poorer psychological health.5
Educational programmes for children with asthma have been around
since the 1940s, albeit in varying guises, utilising leaflets, group
work, individualised training, home visits, and specialised camps.6-9 The goal behind them has always been to improve
the child's physical and/or psychological management of their
asthma.10 More recently, attention has focused on the
potential contribution of multimedia computer programs to paediatric
health education.11 Multimedia software delivers
information to a laptop or desktop computer screen using a range of
visual and auditory forms, including animation, video, voice over, and
sound effect. The
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