Development of an education campaign to reduce delays in pre-hospital response to stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews call for well-designed trials with clearly described intervention components to support the effectiveness of educational campaigns to reduce patient delay in stroke presentation. We herein describe the systematic development process of a campaign aimed to increase stroke awareness and preparedness.

Methods

Campaign development followed Intervention Mapping (IM), a theory- and evidence-based tool, and was articulated in two phases: needs assessment and intervention development. In phase 1, two cross-sectional surveys were performed, one aiming to measure stroke awareness in the target population and the other to analyze the behavioral determinants of prehospital delay. In phase 2, a matrix of proximal program objectives was developed, theory-base

SUBMITTER: Caminiti C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5483310 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature