Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: N/A
Brief Summary: To evaluate a model of shared decision-making for asthma treatment, appropriate to the needs of African American, Latino, Chinese, and other Asian and low income Caucasian patients to adherence to asthma controller medications in a two-year randomized clinical trial in 302 minority and low-income adults, 18-70 years of age, with suboptimally controlled, persistent asthma, paralleling a simultaneous evaluation being conducted in 311 Caucasian and Asian/Pacific Island adults, (total n=613), and to examine psychological mechanisms mediating the effects of the intervention on adherence and of adherence on asthma outcomes.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

Children will be eligible, whether they are discharged from the ED or following a hospital admission, if:

1. aged 1 to 17 years;
2. presenting with acute asthma as per the 2003 Canadian Consensus Statement - The ED physician will be responsible for confirming the diagnosis of asthma;
3. requiring at least one nebulisation of salbutamol;
4. the ED physician plans on prescribing the patient inhaled steroids and/or inhaled b2-agonists delivered by metered dose inhaler or continuing a previously prescribed inhaled steroid;
5. the patient intends to stay in the Province of Quebec in the next 45 days;
6. the patient (and their parents) have a good understanding of written and spoken French or English.

Exclusion Criteria:

Children will be excluded if they:

1. currently take asthma medications (ß2-agonist and/or inhaled steroids) using a turbuhaler or diskus, because these delivery devices cannot be fitted with Doser CT, a computerized electronic dose counter for metered dose inhalers;
2. have another chronic lung disease (other than asthma) such as cystic fibrosis or bronchopulmonary dysplasia;
3. have known hypersensitivity to inhaled salbutamol or fluticasone.
B: * Kaiser Health Care Program member for more than 1 yr.
* Site: Portland, OR, Honolulu, HI, San Francisco, Oakland, or Richmond, CA.
* Confirmed diagnosis of persistent asthma with currently prescribed medications; no daily or alternate daily oral corticosteroid
* Evidence of poorly controlled asthma: score of \>=1 on ATAQ asthma control questionnaire1 and either overuse of rescue medication vs. controller medications and/or recent emergency visit or hospitalization for asthma
* COPD not the primary lung disease diagnosis
* Regular use of Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) and current/ex-smokers: \>= 8% increase in FEV1 post-bronchodilator; if no routine ICS use +/- smoking HX: \>= 12% increase required; non-smokers using ICS regularly not required to reverse
C: Inclusion criteria:

* Diagnosed with persistent asthma.
* Not treated with the combination of a ICS (inhaled corticosteroid)and a LABA (long-acting beta-agonist).
* Female subjects must not be fertile or must use effective contraception.
* Subject must be able to comply with the use of the questionnaires in the local language.

Exclusion criteria:

* Known or suspected Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
* Pregnant or lactating.
* Participating investigator, employee of an investigator, or family member of any of the aforementioned.
* Smoking history: Pack-years \> 10 years.
* Have known clinical or laboratory evidence of a serious uncontrolled systemic disease.
* Known hypersensitivity to any substance contained in investigational product or as-needed medication.
* Treatment with oral corticosteroid within 2 months prior to the screening visit.
* Upper or lower respiratory tract infection (microbiologically verified) within 1 month prior to screening visit.
* Acute asthma exacerbation requiring hospitalisation or emergency room treatment within 3 months prior to the screening visit.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* individuals who fill a (incident or prevalent) prescription for inhaled corticosteroids (either monotherapy or in combination inhaler with long-acting beta-agonists) who have been diagnosed by a doctor as having asthma
* possessing a cell-phone with ability to send/receive text messages
* residing in British Columbia (BC), Canada and planning to reside in BC for the next 12 months
* registered with the medical services plan (MSP, the provincial insure of medically-required services) in the past 12 months, and planning to remain registered for the next 12 months
* designated pharmacy being the main drugstore for patient
* not participating in another interventional study
* consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to communicate in English
* Under 14 years of age

Answer: B