PIP: A comparative study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of a synchronized sound-slide program in allergy patient education. All asthmatic children were assigned alternately to experimental and control groups at the completion of their initial workups at the allergy clinic of a New Orleans hospital. The experimental group received a slide show on the etiology and control of the particular allergies suffered by the children. The control group received the same information in lecture form. Immediate testing by questionnaire and follow-up visits to the home were used to assess assimilation of the information. Mean scores increased for both groups immediately after instruction. The slide show was found to be as effective a method of presenting the information, freeing the doctors for counseling on different aspects of the allergy program and more specific problems.

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