Comparison of stroke warning sign campaigns in Australia, England, and Canada

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 100 A, 2013, Pages 28-31

  Trobbiani, Kym ^a   Freeman, Kate ^b   Arango, Manuel ^c   Lalor, Erin ^a   Jenkinson, Damian ^b   Thrift, Amanda G ^d  

^a National Stroke Foundation Australia   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Education campaigns; Media; Stroke; Warning signs

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AWARENESS; EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS; MEDIA; STROKE; WARNING SIGNS;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CANADA; ENGLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84886289848     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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