TY - JOUR
T1 - Spreading Awareness of Stroke through School-Based Education
T2 - A Pooled Analysis of Three Community-Based Studies
AU - Hino, Tenyu
AU - Yokota, Chiaki
AU - Nishimura, Kunihiro
AU - Nakai, Michikazu
AU - Kato, Suzuka
AU - Kuwabara, Kazuyo
AU - Takekawa, Hidehiro
AU - Arimizu, Takuro
AU - Tomari, Shinya
AU - Wada, Shinichi
AU - Ohnishi, Hideyuki
AU - Toyoda, Kazunori
AU - Okamura, Tomonori
AU - Minematsu, Kazuo
N1 - Funding Information:
Grant support: This study was supported by the Intramural Research Fund of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (27-1-3).
Funding Information:
Grant support: This study was supported by the Intramural Research Fund of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center ( 27-1-3 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 National Stroke Association
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - Background: Advancing school-based education is a promising means to spread knowledge pertaining to stroke. The aim of the current study was to clarify whether stroke lessons provided by schoolteachers could deliver stroke knowledge to children (aged 9-11 years) and their parents, at a similar level to when taught by medical staff. Methods: Schoolteachers conducted lessons on stroke for school children using the educational materials we prepared (i.e., the teacher group; 1051 children and 719 parents). This was compared with our previous data from Akashi city and Tochigi prefecture, in which the stroke lessons were conducted by medical staff (i.e., the medical group; 1031 children and 756 parents). Three campaigns were conducted between September 2014 and May 2016. Each child was given education materials to take home to discuss stroke with their parents. The children and their parents answered questionnaires on stroke knowledge, at baseline, immediately after the lesson, and at 3 months after the lesson. Results: Compared with the time point before the lesson, both children and parents instructed by the teacher group showed significant increases in the scores about stroke symptoms and risk factors, immediately and at 3 months after the lesson (P <.001). The combined analysis for the group instructed by medical personnel showed no significant differences in the stroke knowledge scores between the 2 groups at 3 months. Conclusions: Teacher-led lessons, using our educational material, adequately delivered knowledge of stroke to children and parents, in a manner that was similar to when medical staff delivered this information.
AB - Background: Advancing school-based education is a promising means to spread knowledge pertaining to stroke. The aim of the current study was to clarify whether stroke lessons provided by schoolteachers could deliver stroke knowledge to children (aged 9-11 years) and their parents, at a similar level to when taught by medical staff. Methods: Schoolteachers conducted lessons on stroke for school children using the educational materials we prepared (i.e., the teacher group; 1051 children and 719 parents). This was compared with our previous data from Akashi city and Tochigi prefecture, in which the stroke lessons were conducted by medical staff (i.e., the medical group; 1031 children and 756 parents). Three campaigns were conducted between September 2014 and May 2016. Each child was given education materials to take home to discuss stroke with their parents. The children and their parents answered questionnaires on stroke knowledge, at baseline, immediately after the lesson, and at 3 months after the lesson. Results: Compared with the time point before the lesson, both children and parents instructed by the teacher group showed significant increases in the scores about stroke symptoms and risk factors, immediately and at 3 months after the lesson (P <.001). The combined analysis for the group instructed by medical personnel showed no significant differences in the stroke knowledge scores between the 2 groups at 3 months. Conclusions: Teacher-led lessons, using our educational material, adequately delivered knowledge of stroke to children and parents, in a manner that was similar to when medical staff delivered this information.
KW - FAST mnemonic
KW - School children
KW - manga
KW - school-based education
KW - stroke awareness
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.02.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.02.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 29544681
AN - SCOPUS:85043390496
SN - 1052-3057
VL - 27
SP - 1810
EP - 1814
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
IS - 7
ER -