title: Stroke education by utility bill inserts.
abstract: To assess the usefulness of utility bill inserts in stroke education, a stroke fact sheet was included in the bills of 13,000 customers of a rural electric cooperative in eastern Arkansas. Recipients were asked to return their responses to four questions based on the fact sheet via a postage-paid postcard. Two hundred eleven people responded, for an overall 1.65% response rate. Seventy-seven percent responded correctly with all four "S" stroke symptoms. Hypertension was correctly identified by 88% and smoking by 72%. Fifty-seven percent said they would immediately dial 911 at the onset of symptoms, while 36% said they would contact their doctor.
authors.affiliation: Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nazarian
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D001131:Arkansas; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011177:Postal Service; D020521:Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control*