Knowledge of stroke risk, signs of stroke, and the need for stroke education among children with sickle cell disease and their caregivers

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-123

  Katz, Mira L ^a,c   Smith Whitley, Kim ^b   Ruzek, Sheryl B ^a   Ohene Frempong, Kwaku ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Education; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCREENING TEST; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHILADELPHIA; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744380338     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1355785022000038597     Document Type: Article

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