en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Background:</em></strong> </span>Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease and a leading cause of school absenteeism. Awareness, attitude, and knowledge of asthma can play an effective role in controlling this disease and its consequences. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the level of asthma awareness among primary school teachers in Zanjan.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong></span> This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 403 teachers of boys- and girls-only primary schools, who were selected using single-stage cluster sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire, in which higher scores indicated higher level of asthma awareness. Findings were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics in SPSS.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Results:</em></strong></span> Data analysis showed that 58 (14.4%) and 345 (85.6%) out of 403 participants were male and female, respectively. The means of age and work experience of the participants were 45&plusmn;5.53 and 22&plusmn;5.92 years old, respectively. In addition, teachers&rsquo; mean score for asthma awareness was at a good level (12&plusmn;2.2). Teachers&rsquo; mean level of asthma awareness had a significant relationship with gender and history of dealing with asthmatic children (p = 0.03, p = 0.04), while it had no significant relationship with age, work experience, and education level.<br> <span style="color:#008080;"><strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> </span>In this study, the mean level of asthma awareness among the primary school teachers was good. Due to the importance of the disease in children and effective role of teachers in helping them, effective measures must be taken to increase teachers&rsquo; awareness.</span></span> Asthma, Awareness, Teachers, Children 229 233 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-89-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Iraj Mohammadzadeh irjmoh200@yahoo.com 10031947532846001487 10031947532846001487 No Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Health Research Institue, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Hafez Noori Hafez_lp@yahoo.com 10031947532846001488 10031947532846001488 No Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Saeideh Mazloomzadeh smazloomzadeh@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846001489 10031947532846001489 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Mahdiyeh Khodabandehlou mahdiyekhodabande@yahoo.com 10031947532846001490 10031947532846001490 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. Akefeh Ahmadiafshar akefeh45@zums.ac.ir 10031947532846001491 10031947532846001491 Yes Metabolic Disease Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.