Stroke Ready: a multi-level program that combines implementation science and community-based participatory research approaches to increase acute stroke treatment: protocol for a stepped wedge trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-stroke disability is common, costly, and projected to increase. Acute stroke treatments can substantially reduce post-stroke disability, but few patients take advantage of these cost-effective treatments. Practical, cost-efficient, and sustainable interventions to address underutilized acute stroke treatments are currently lacking. In this context, we present the Stroke Ready project, a stepped wedge design, multi-level intervention that combines implementation science and community-based participatory research approaches to increase acute stroke treatments in the predominately African American community of Flint, Michigan, USA.

Methods

Guided by the Tailored Implementation of Chronic Disease (TICD) framework, we begin with optimization of acute stroke care i

SUBMITTER: Skolarus LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407173 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature