SMART (School-aged Children Making Healthy Choices And Recognizing sTroke)

Los Amigos Research and Education Institute480 enrolled

Overview

A stroke awareness program for school-aged children to learn the signs/symptoms of stroke, teach their parents and make healthy life-style choices.

1. To educate school-aged children, grades 9th through 12th on the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arm, Speech and Time) acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for immediate activation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) by calling 911. 2. To improve adults' stroke literacy through educating their children in grades 9th through 12th.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

480

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

SMART EducationOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 14 YearsMax age: 19 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * High-school student Exclusion Criteria: * Not a high-school student

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Child Improved Stroke Literacy

A school-based stroke literacy program targeting children in grades 9th through 12th will be successful in improving stroke literacy.

Time frame: 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Adult Improved Stroke Literacy

If school-aged children, grades 9th through 12th are taught the F.A.S.T. acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the immediate activation of EMS by calling 911, they will improve the stroke literacy of their parents.

Time frame: 3 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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