Living Well: Promoting adherence to stroke secondary prevention behaviours by imparting behaviour change skills

NATIONAL STROKE WEEK 7-13 August 2023

An infographic with text and small line icons: “The risk of a second stroke can be reduced by making changes to some key health behaviours. This includes eating healthily, engaging in regular physical activity, managing medications correctly, moderating alcohol intake, and quitting smoking. By focusing on these areas, stroke survivors can significantly improve their health and decrease the likelihood of experiencing another stroke.” At bottom the graphic includes the logos from the Stroke Foundation, Griffith University and Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability


Living Well: Promoting adherence to stroke secondary prevention behaviours by imparting behaviour change skills (GU ref no: 2022/308)

National Stroke Week 2023 encourages the community to fight stroke together, so that you and your loved ones can continue to enjoy life during and after recovery.

Fighting stroke together aims to bring people together to share knowledge, support and resources to help prevent strokes form occurring and to aid in the recovery process for those who have experienced stroke.

People who have had a stroke are at a higher risk of having another stroke.

Making healthy changes can help reduce this risk, but not everyone gets the right support after they leave the hospital. That's why National Stroke Foundation, along with experts at Griffith University, developed "Living Well After Stroke".

This program teaches stroke survivors how to manage their own health by helping them make changes to their behaviour like eating more healthily, increasing physical activity, and taking medications regularly.

The intervention is expected to improve patients' healthy behaviours and teach them how to make further changes independently. The goal is that this program will help prevent recurrent stroke and transform how we care for stroke patients in Australia.


Chief Investigator:

Professor Kyra Hamilton, Director, Health and Psychology Innovations (HaPI), School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University


Co Investigators:

Professor Joy Parkinson - ACU, Dr Stephanie Smith – Stroke Foundation & Griffith University, Tom Caitens, Andrea Sanders and Dr Lisa Murphy – Stroke Foundation


Get involved or find out more:

https://strokefoundation.org.au/what-we-do/prevention-programs/living-well-after-stroke


Contact:
Professor Kyra Hamilton

kyra.hamilton@griffith.edu.au

or

Dr Stephanie Smith

Living Well After Stroke Coordinator

Stroke Foundation

ssmith@strokefoundation.org.au


Visit our websites:

HaPI Lab: hapiresearchlab.com

Stroke Foundation: https://strokefoundation.org.au



Categories: #StrokeWeek #NationalStrokeWeek #Stroke #StrokePrevention #InclusiveFutures #ReimaginingDisability #StrokeFoundation #GriffithUniversity
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