Effects of a school-based stroke education program on stroke-related knowledge and behaviour modification-school class based intervention study for elementary school students and parental guardians in a Japanese rural area.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to determine the effect of a stroke education programme on elementary school students and their parental guardians in a rural area in Japan that has high stroke mortality. DESIGN:School class based intervention study. SETTING:Eleven public elementary schools in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. PARTICIPANTS:268 students aged 11-12 years and 267 parental guardians. INTERVENTIONS:Students received lessons about stroke featuring animated cartoons and were instructed to communicate their knowledge about stroke to their parental guardians using material (comic books) distributed in the lessons. Stroke knowledge (symptoms, risk factors and attitude towards stroke) and behavioural change for risk factors were assessed at baseline, immediately after the programme and at 3 mont

SUBMITTER: Kato S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5778283 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature