Baseline and follow-up Draw and Write responses for all children in nonintervention (NI) and intervention (IV) schools
| Baseline | Follow-up | |||||||
| NI | IV | Chi-squared | p-value | NI | IV | Chi-squared | p-value | |
| Scenario 1 | ||||||||
| Invitation 1: Chris has woken in the night coughing and is finding it difficult to breathe. What can Chris's Mum or Dad do to help? | 11.6 | 13.9 | 2.39 | ns | 15.6 | 22.1 | 14.42 | 0.0005 |
| Appropriate answer: includes mention of asthma medication | ||||||||
| Invitation 2: What can Chris do to help him/herself? | 7.7 | 6.6 | 0.75 | ns | 7.8 | 10.9 | 5.9 | 0.02 |
| Appropriate answer: includes mention of an inhaler and/or call someone | ||||||||
| Scenario 2 | ||||||||
| Invitation 1: Chris is in the school playground, running and playing on a cold day. He is coughing and finding it difficult to breathe. What can Chris' friends do to help? | 54.2 | 51.3 | 1.77 | ns | 59 | 64.4 | 6.4 | 0.01 |
| Appropriate answer: get or tell a teacher and/or get an inhaler | ||||||||
| Invitation 2: What can Chris do to help him/herself? | 5.1 | 4.7 | 0.10 | ns | 7.6 | 11.6 | 9.53 | 0.002 |
| Appropriate answer: includes mention of an inhaler and/or get an adult | ||||||||
| Scenario 3 | ||||||||
| Invitation 1: Chris is in the classroom and is coughing and finding it difficult to breathe. What does Chris say to the teacher? | 31.1 | 33.9 | 1.71 | ns | 34.2 | 41.1 | 10.78 | 0.001 |
| Appropriate answer: includes clear description of symptoms and/or mention of an inhaler and/or asthma | ||||||||
| Invitation 2: What does the teacher say to Chris? | 5.4 | 5.8 | 0.06 | ns | 7.0 | 12.7 | 19.19 | 0.0005 |
| Appropriate answer: includes mention of an inhaler and/or asthma | ||||||||
| Invitation 3: What is the matter with Chris? | 39.1 | 43.9 | 4.57 | 0.03 | 59.8 | 69.8 | 23.0 | 0.0005 |
| Appropriate answer: includes mention of asthma | ||||||||
Data are presented as % with appropriate answer.