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Our specific aim is to examine the effect of health worker education intervention on asthma outcomes using a randomised controlled trial. All children involved in the study will receive routine culturally appropriate intervention and thus the community will benefit in general. Additional asthma education by health workers using education material specially developed for the region can directly and indirectly improve the care of children with asthma ultimately with better asthma outcomes. Assuming the study hypothesis is correct, that children who receive additional asthma education by health worker have better asthma outcomes, the possible beneficial outcomes (educational interventions for improved asthma control) of this study can significantly affect rural communities at the regional and potentially national levels. In addition, a culturally appropriate method to reinforce asthma education could be used in the wider Indigenous community to improve asthma outcomes.

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of memory groups in improving memory strategies and memory ability of older people, including those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). The LaTCH memory group program is a 2-hour-by-6-week cognitive-behavioral intervention providing knowledge about memory as well as skills in memory strategies and their application in daily activities, We expected that older people participating in the program would be able to improve memory ability in daily activities through strategy use and improved confidence, rather than improving memory impairment as measured by standard memory tests.