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Health Promotion and Community Education Work Group
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Chair:
Bernadette Boden - Albala, PhD
Co-Director Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Community Engagement Resource
Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in Neurology Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Vice Chair:
Danielle M. Louder, BS
Cardiovascular Health Specialist
Maine Cardiovascular Health Program
AHA Representative:
Rita Zanichkowsky
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Patricia Affleck, MS
Program Manager
RI Dept. of Health, Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention
Rhode Island
Florence Chukwuneke, RN, BS
Neurovascular Nurse Clinician
JFK Medical Center
New Jersey
Rochele Clark, BS, RN
Director, Clinical Services
REACH Call, Inc.
New York
Nicole Connors, RN
Emergency Department Clinical Eductor
Stroke Program Coordinator
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
New Hampshire
M. Therese Dean, R.N., C.C.R.P.
Registered Nurse, Certified Clinical Research Professional
Crouse Hospital
New York
Johanna Demirjian, NP C CNRN
Stroke Program Coordinator
RWJ University Hospital Hamilton
New Jersey
Seth Guthartz
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention & Control Program
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygeine
New York
Tiana Howland RN
Health Care Coordinator
RiverView Center
New York
| Thomas Kelly, MSN, RN
Beverly & Addison Gilbert Hospitals
Massachusetts
Angela McCall-Brown, RN, MSN
Stroke Program Coordinator
Overlook Hospital
New Jersey
Marie McCune, BS, RN
Stroke Nurse Coordinator
Mount Auburn Hospital
Massachusetts
Jennifer Nascimento, RN, BS, CRC
Stroke Coordinator
St. Vincent’s Medical Center
Connecticut
Cindy Spencer, RN, CCRN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Stroke Program Co-Coodinator
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
New Hampshire
Marianne Stepanian, RN
Cardiac Project Coordinator
LifeSpan Community Health Services
Rhode Island
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Description of the Group:
The Health Promotion and Community Education Writing Group includes stroke professionals with a passion for and a focus on the patient, their families and the broader community relative to greater understanding of stroke risk factors, signs and symptoms.
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This Writing Group defined a dual aim for the project:
- Decrease the level of “missingness” in the capture of stroke symptom onset time
- Collection of information on the type, duration and audience of programs/PSAs that educate the public that stoke is an “emergency”
Our goals include:
- Decrease the average time from stroke symptom onset to patient/family access of 911.
- Increased public awareness on the importance of early stroke recognition, emphasizing the element of time (the urgency of knowing when symptoms began), activating 911 quickly, and accurately measuring time.
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Current Project Overview:
The Health Promotion / Community Education group will develop a pilot to focus on the “missingness” of meaningful time measurements, while enhancing public “preparedness”. Missingness will address the knowledge gap of time from symptom onset to first medical contact. We propose a systematic approach to data collection to increase the volume of times known in a consistent, measureable manner, utilizing existing frameworks and data measures. Preparedness will assess regional symptom recognition through existing communication/outreach venues.
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Patient, Community and Professional Educational Materials and Products:
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American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Website Resources
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