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Increasing Stroke Knowledge and Decreasing Stroke Risk in a Latino Immigrant Population
We present results of an evaluation of a tailored, community-based intervention in Durham, North Carolina. The intervention included integration of stroke knowledge into classes and workshops at a community-based organization. Knowledge surveys were administered to participants immediately before and after stroke education, and at multiple points over the following year. For both low-risk participants receiving classroom-based education and individually care managed participants with risk factors, stroke knowledge improved dramatically and remained high among those who could be reached for follow-up. Evidence of behavior c...
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - November 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Effectiveness of a Cultural Stroke Prevention Program in the United States —South Asian Health Awareness About Stroke (SAHAS)
AbstractThere are few stroke education programs focused on the South Asian population in the United States. The South Asian Health Awareness about Stroke (SAHAS) program was developed to provide culturally appropriate stroke education to South Asians from 2014 to 2017. Participants recruited for the SAHAS program were educated through a uniquely developed, culturally-specific, educational presentation. Each participant was asked to complete identical educational questionnaires both before (pre-) and after (post-) the intervention, which were then scored and evaluated. Overall, the 357 participants who completed the SAHAS p...
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - August 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Social Determinants of Emergency Department Visits among Persons Diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke.
Conclusion: Being Black, unmarried, unemployed, and having lower income levels were associated with a higher likelihood of having ≥1 ED visits in the prior 12 months among individuals with a CHD or stroke diagnosis. SDOH should be considered when developing systematic interventions to prevent costly ED visits. PMID: 33519154 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Ethnicity and Disease - February 3, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ethn Dis Source Type: research

Construction and validation of an educational manual for family caregivers of older adults after a stroke
Conclusion an educational manual for family caregivers of older adults after a stroke was built, which was validated in terms of content and appearance. In view of this, it can be used as complementary material to the guidelines of the professionals, enabling improvement of the care provided by family members to the older adult dependent on care after a stroke.RESUMEN Objetivo construir y validar un manual educativo para familiares cuidadores de personas mayores dependientes de cuidados con posterioridad al Accidente Cerebro Vascular (ACV). M étodo estudio metodológico de cuatro etapas: grupo focal con cinco familiares c...
Source: Texto e Contexto - Enfermagem - April 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research

Socioeconomic status and lifestyle in young ischaemic stroke patients: a possible relationship to stroke recovery and risk of recurrent event
CONCLUSION: In young patients, SES had no relationship to clinical outcome after IS and to risk of RIS except education level. Some parameters of health lifestyle were presented more in patients with excellent outcome and without RIS during the follow-up.PMID:34623123 | DOI:10.21101/cejph.a6697
Source: Central European Journal of Public Health - October 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David Franc Daniel Šaňák Petra Divi šová Lucie Lyskov á Andrea B ártková Jana Zapletalov á Michal Kr ál Tom áš Dorňák Petr Polidar Tom áš Veverka Petr Ka ňovský Source Type: research

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