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background asthma common among urban schoolage children though teachers prepared assist children asthma attack studies show lack selfefficacy managing asthmaobjective assess feasibility implementing asthma workshop elementary school teachers describe themes questions raised determine workshops impact teachers comfort selfefficacy asthma managementmethods developed implemented asthma workshop teachers four bronx elementary schools 20122014 teachers completed questionnaire evaluating comfort selfefficacy asthma management workshop questions asked sessions recorded analyzed themes paired ttest mcnemar tests compared beforeafter scoresresults 65 70 teachers 929 participated educational sessions teachers asked questions school policy inhalers medication administration guidelines physical activity asthma 6465 985 teachers completed prepost surveys mean age 397 years mean years school 80 postintervention teachers reported knowing manage asthma attack 938 vs 641 p 0001 felt comfortable assessing 508 vs 308 p 0019 handling asthma attack 523 vs 338 p 023 overall mean selfefficacy score increased postintervention 430 vs 381 p 0001 812 individual selfefficacy items postworkshop 953 teachers agreed teacher inservice asthma education done annuallyconclusions asthma workshop successfully implemented school setting improved teacher comfort selfefficacy managing asthma annual training may improve teachers confidence assisting students asthma