Introduction to secondary prevention
Monday 7 August 2023, 3.30–4.15 pm AEST
Presented by Melita Stirling, Stroke Foundation
Would you like to know more about how to create change around stroke risk factors, and where to find additional resources?
This webinar is focused on what you, our hospital sites, wanted to know about providing risk factor education to stroke patients.
- Secondary stroke – How can we reduce the numbers?
- Key stroke risk factors
- Stroke education – Whose role is it?
- Talking to patients about lifestyle modifications
- Available resources to support change.
About the presenter
Melita Stirling is the Stroke Quality Improvement Manager at Stroke Foundation and works to strengthen foundations of best-practice stroke care by enhancing organisational resources, engaging with health professionals and drawing on the voice of lived experience.
Melita has a background as a speech pathologist and brings her experience of working with stroke survivors in acute, rehabilitation and domiciliary services, to program design and delivery.
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