Evaluation of the Asthma Management Program to Promote Activity for Students in Schools (Asthma-PASS)

Inclusion Criteria: * Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on parent report with validation from the child's physician) * Intermittent asthma (but with a report of asthma symptoms, such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, mucus/phlegm or shortness of breath, in the past 12 months) * Mild persistent or more severe asthma based on prescribed controller medication (currently well-controlled) but with a report of asthma symptoms (as specified above) within the past 12 months \[well-controlled due to taking controller medications in the past 12 months and without asthma symptoms (as specified above) within the past 12 months will qualify\] * Mild persistent or more severe asthma, or asthma that is uncontrolled despite therapy (based on age-specific guidelines) * Attending pre-kindergarten through 5th grade in NYC (primarily Bronx) schools and also schools in lower Hudson Valley * Parent is able to speak and understand either English or Spanish * Consent from the primary caregiver, caregiver permission for child participation as well as assent from the child (for age 7 and above) Exclusion Criteria: * No access to a phone to conduct follow-up surveys * Family plans to leave the school or city in less than 6 months * The child has other significant medical conditions, such as congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease * Child is unable to participate in routine physical education (PE) classes as per physician-completed sports participation form * Ch…