Stroke Patient Education Handouts

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Print and share these resources with your patients to help them make healthy lifestyle changes and control health conditions that raise their risk for stroke.

Know the facts about stroke

Share this easy-to-read, colorful PDF to help patients learn what stroke is, how common it is, and what stroke’s signs and symptoms are. Know the Facts About Stroke pdf icon[PDF – 162 KB] also describes the risks, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke.

Fact sheets: stroke in men and women and during pregnancy

Some medical conditions and lifestyle choices can put anyone—regardless of gender, ethnicity, or age—at risk for stroke. However, people in certain groups are more likely to have a stroke. Learn more about how certain factors can affect your risk for stroke:

Fact sheets and information about conditions and behaviors related to stroke

Resources from other organizations

The following websites include patient-friendly links and resources about stroke:

Tools for community health workers (CHWs)

Hispanic populations have low control rates for hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Also, they have high prevalence of high blood cholesterol, and their diets are often high in salt and saturated fats. Reaching these audiences with effective messages about prevention can be challenging.

Promotoras and other CHWs are encouraged to read this fotonovela with participants:

A Promotora/CHW Guide accompanies the How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol fotonovela and gives these members of the health care team a brief summary of objectives, tips, additional activities, reviews, and reminders:

This is an easy-to-understand fact sheet about heart health (aspirin use when appropriate, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation):

Page last reviewed: April 5, 2022
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion , Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention