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Improving Parent Sign-Up for a Children's Stroke Awareness Program

NCT07745582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2026-08-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many families do not sign up for a school-based stroke awareness program (FAST Heroes) that teaches children and parents to recognize stroke symptoms and act quickly. This study compared four different ways of encouraging parents to complete online registration for the program: a printed letter sent home, an email, an email combined with follow-up reminders from teachers, and an email combined with teacher reminders plus an automated chatbot. Thirty-seven schools that had not previously had any parents register were assigned to one of these four approaches, and the study measured how many parents in each group registered within eight weeks. The goal was to identify practical, low-cost communication strategies that schools and public health programs can use to increase parent engagement with health education initiatives.

Conditions

  • Stroke
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Email Invitation Plus Teacher Feedback Plus Automated Chatbot

An e-mail invitation to register, weekly teacher-delivered reminders, and an automated chatbot sending weekly reminders to parents, all over the same five-week period.

BEHAVIORAL

Printed Letter

A printed letter sent home with pupils, inviting parents to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme.

BEHAVIORAL

E-mail Invitation

An e-mail sent directly to parents inviting them to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme.

BEHAVIORAL

E-mail Invitation Plus Teacher Feedback

An e-mail invitation to register, followed by weekly reminders delivered by teachers to parents over a five-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Macedonia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Baskini, PhD · Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-11
Primary Completion
2025-06-15
Completion
2025-06-15

Countries

  • Greece

Study Locations

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