Abstract

This project identified the need for the use of a stroke scale to help improve stroke assessment in Kenya, a country with a significant stroke burden. It also highlights facilitators and barriers to stroke care improvement, which demonstrate a potentially universal character underscoring the possible utility of multinational academic discourse.

Author Details

Ishmail Abass Sillah, DNP, AGACNP-BC, MPH, RN, College of Nursing, University of Arizona/Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Donna Behler McArthur, PhD, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FNAP, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and the University of Arizona College of Nursing, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Berhards R. Ogutu, MMChB, MMed, PhD, Strathmore University in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; Leslie S. Ritter, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, College of Nursing and Department of Neurology at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona/Stroke Resource Center of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA; Mathew Gallek, PhD, RN, College of Health and Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Sigma Membership

Beta Mu

Lead Author Affiliation

The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Type

Presentation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Assessment, Kenya, Strokes

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Needs assessment for using a stroke scale in urban and rural Kenyan hospital settings

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This project identified the need for the use of a stroke scale to help improve stroke assessment in Kenya, a country with a significant stroke burden. It also highlights facilitators and barriers to stroke care improvement, which demonstrate a potentially universal character underscoring the possible utility of multinational academic discourse.