Stroke Heroes Act FAST
Massachusetts Department of Public Health stroke education campaign built around an animated 'stroke heroes' video and the FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) message, developed after a 2003 survey found only 18% of state adults knew all stroke signs.
- Years
- 2006–now
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- CardiovascularStroke
- Asks people to
- RecognizeSeek help
- Strategy
- Coined termSimple instruction
- Channel
- EventsTV
- Audience
- Adults
Evidence
ObservationalPositive
Pre/post education with 72 women aged 40-64 (Wall 2008): recognition of facial droop rose from 92% to 99% and of arm weakness from 86% to 97%. At 3 months, 97% said they would call 9-1-1, with no loss from the post-test.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health State local government, funder and creator
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
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Sources
Research notes
Created 2026-10-22 by literature mining (PubMed/OpenAlex); evidence level, outcome and findings are paraphrased from the evaluation abstracts, full texts not read. No credits: no page naming an agency was checked. Knowledge outcome in a small education-session sample, not a population evaluation of the media campaign. Start year 2006 from secondary sources; confirm on mass.gov. US-MA.
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