Emergency Medical Services-Based Community Stroke Education
Author(s) -
Allison Tadros,
Todd J. Crocco,
Stephen M. Davis,
Jeremy E. Newman,
Jeffrey D. Mullen,
Ronald W. Best,
Anthony Teets,
Charles Maxwell,
Barbara Slaughter,
Stellman Teter
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.532762
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , psychological intervention , emergency medical services , intervention (counseling) , public health , public education , phone , community education , family medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , environmental health , nursing , mechanical engineering , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , economics , economic growth
Although previous studies using mass media have demonstrated successful public stroke awareness campaigns, they may have been too costly for smaller communities to implement. The goal of this study was to investigate if a novel emergency medical services (EMS) -sponsored community awareness campaign could increase public stroke awareness.
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