Is FAST stroke smart? Do the content and language used in awareness campaigns describe the experience of stroke symptoms?

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 440-446

  Bray, Janet E ^a   O'Connell, Bev ^a   Gilligan, Amanda ^b   Livingston, Patricia M ^a   Bladin, Chris ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Education; Health promotion; Knowledge; Mass media; Stroke; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FACE ARM SPEECH TIME CAMPAIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNS OF STROKE CAMPAIGN; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; SPEECH DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 78149480631     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2010.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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