TY - JOUR
T1 - Population-based approaches for reducing stroke risk
T2 - an update on their success and the challenges ahead
AU - Anderson, Taylor R.
AU - Qureshi, Kasim
AU - Farooq, Muhammad U.
AU - Gorelick, Philip B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Introduction: Stroke is a significant public health challenge as it is the second most common cause of death and the third leading cause of disability globally. Additionally, stroke incidence and the number of stroke deaths have been rising. Efforts to prevent stroke have been made, including high-risk approaches where patients are screened for cardiovascular risk factors, and population-based approaches which attempt to reduce stroke rates by improving overall population health. Areas covered: We summarize studies of population-based approaches to stroke prevention involving greater than 1,000 participants identified on a PubMed database search. Based on these programs, challenges of population-based stroke prevention programs are discussed and potential keys to success are highlighted. Expert opinion: Population-based stroke prevention programs face challenges including cost and interest of the public and certain stakeholders. Additionally, secular trends for improvement in risk factors and catastrophic adverse environmental circumstances add to the complexity of analyzing program success. Factors leading to successful programs include validated digital solutions for self-monitoring of risks, backing by global policy and legislation, flexibility to the needs of the population, intersectoral programs, community engagement, information dissemination back to the populations, and high-risk screening to develop a complementary combination approach to stroke prevention.
AB - Introduction: Stroke is a significant public health challenge as it is the second most common cause of death and the third leading cause of disability globally. Additionally, stroke incidence and the number of stroke deaths have been rising. Efforts to prevent stroke have been made, including high-risk approaches where patients are screened for cardiovascular risk factors, and population-based approaches which attempt to reduce stroke rates by improving overall population health. Areas covered: We summarize studies of population-based approaches to stroke prevention involving greater than 1,000 participants identified on a PubMed database search. Based on these programs, challenges of population-based stroke prevention programs are discussed and potential keys to success are highlighted. Expert opinion: Population-based stroke prevention programs face challenges including cost and interest of the public and certain stakeholders. Additionally, secular trends for improvement in risk factors and catastrophic adverse environmental circumstances add to the complexity of analyzing program success. Factors leading to successful programs include validated digital solutions for self-monitoring of risks, backing by global policy and legislation, flexibility to the needs of the population, intersectoral programs, community engagement, information dissemination back to the populations, and high-risk screening to develop a complementary combination approach to stroke prevention.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - community-wide
KW - population-based
KW - public health
KW - stroke prevention
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U2 - 10.1080/14779072.2024.2372447
DO - 10.1080/14779072.2024.2372447
M3 - Review article
C2 - 38913423
AN - SCOPUS:85197412669
SN - 1477-9072
VL - 22
SP - 313
EP - 324
JO - Expert review of cardiovascular therapy
JF - Expert review of cardiovascular therapy
IS - 7
ER -