Hip Hop Stroke: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Address Stroke Literacy.

ABSTRACT: Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and the leading cause of serious long-term adult disability in the US. Acute stroke treatments with intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular therapy are proven to reduce disability, however a critical limitation on their effectiveness is the narrow time window for administration, which is 4.5 hours and 6 hours respectively from the onset of symptoms. Our overarching goal is to reduce pre-hospital delays to acute stroke treatments in economically disadvantaged minority communities where the greatest delays exist, using Hip Hop Stroke. Hip Hop Stroke (HHS) is a school-based, child-mediated, culturally-tailored stroke communication multimedia intervention developed using validated models of behavior change and designed to improve stroke literacy (kn

SUBMITTER: Williams O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711956 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature