Primary Care Pathway for Childhood Asthma: Protocol for a Randomized Cluster-Controlled Trial

Andrew J Cave   ¹ , MBChB,MCISc,FRCGP,FCFP ;   Heather Sharpe   ¹ , RN,PhD ;   Mark Anselmo   ^{2, 3} , MD ;   A Dean Befus   ⁴ , PhD ;   Gillian Currie   ^{2, 3, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Christina Davey   ¹ , MA ;   Neil Drummond   ^{1, 5, 7} , PhD ;   Jim Graham   ⁸ , RN,BN,BKin,MHS,CRC ;   Lee A Green   ¹ , MD,MPH ;   Jeremy Grimshaw   ^{9, 10} , MBChB,PhD,FCAHS,FRCGP ;   Karen Kam   ^{2, 3} , MD,MSc ;   Donna P Manca   ¹ , MD,MCISc,CCFP,FCFP ;   Alberto Nettel-Aguirre   ^{2, 3, 5, 6} , PhD,PStat ;   Melissa L Potestio   ⁵ , PhD ;   Brian H Rowe   ^{11, 12} , MD,MSc,CCFP(EM),FCCP ;   Shannon D Scott   ¹³ , RN,PhD ;   Tyler Williamson   ⁵ , PhD ;   David W Johnson   ^{2, 3, 14} , MD

¹ Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

² Department of Paediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

³ Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁵ Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ O’Brien Institute of Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁷ Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁸ Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹² School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹³ Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

¹⁴ Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada