Association of the Stroke Ready Community-Based Participatory Research Intervention With Incidence of Acute Stroke Thrombolysis in Flint, Michigan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acute stroke treatment rates in the US lag behind those in other high-income nations.

Objective

To assess whether a hospital emergency department (ED) and community intervention was associated with an increased proportion of patients with stroke receiving thrombolysis.

Design, setting, and participants

This nonrandomized controlled trial of the Stroke Ready intervention took place in Flint, Michigan, from October 2017 to March 2020. Participants included adults living in the community. Data analysis was completed from July 2022 to May 2023.

Intervention

Stroke Ready combined implementation science and community-based participatory research approaches. Acute stroke care was optimized in a safety-net ED, and then a community-wide, theory-based health b

SUBMITTER: Skolarus LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature