Kids Identifying and Defeating Stroke (KIDS): Development and Implementation of a Multi-Ethnic Health Education Intervention to Increase Stroke Awareness Among Middle School Students and Their Parents

The KIDS (Kids Identifying and Defeating Stroke) Program is a three-year prospective, randomized, controlled, multiethnic school-based intervention study. Program goals include increasing knowledge of stroke signs and treatment and intention to immediately call 911 among Mexican American (MA) and no...

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Published in:Health promotion practice 2008-03, Vol.11 (1), p.95-103
Main Authors: Conley, Kathleen M, Majersik, Jennifer, Gonzales, Nicole R, Maddox, Katherine E, Pary, Jennifer K, Brown, Devin L, Moyé, Lemuel A, Espinosa, Nina, Grotta, James C, Morgenstern, Lewis B
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Language:English
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Summary:The KIDS (Kids Identifying and Defeating Stroke) Program is a three-year prospective, randomized, controlled, multiethnic school-based intervention study. Program goals include increasing knowledge of stroke signs and treatment and intention to immediately call 911 among Mexican American (MA) and non-Hispanic white (NHW) middle school students and their parents. This article describes the design, implementation and interim evaluation of this theory-based intervention. Intervention students received a culturally appropriate stroke education program divided into four 50-minute classes each year during the 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grades. Each class session also included a homework assignment that involved the students’ parents or other adult partners. Interim-test results indicate that this educational intervention was successful in improving students’ stroke symptom and treatment knowledge and intent to call 911 upon witnessing a stroke compared with controls (p
ISSN:1524-8399
DOI:10.1177/1524839907309867