RAPIDO: Promoting stroke awareness among Spanish speakers.

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Alejandra Castro is a student in the Cizik School of Nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth). Andrea Ancer Leal is a nurse clinician at Ben Taub Hospital and a research assistant at UTHealth. Tahani Casameni Montiel is a research coordinator in the UTHealth's Cizik School of Nursing and a student at Texas Woman's University. Anjail Sharrief is an associate professor and the director of Stroke Prevention at UTHealth's Stroke Institute. Mary Carter Denny is an assistant professor with the department of neurology at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Jennifer E.S. Beauchamp is an associate professor at UTHealth's Cizik School of Nursing.

Published: January 2022

The mnemonic BE-FAST (Balance, Eyes, Face, Arm, Speech, Time) has been developed for the public to better remember and identify the warning signs of stroke. However, discrepancies may arise when translating stroke educational materials from English to Spanish. This article discusses the use of a culturally tailored tool, RAPIDO, to raise stroke awareness in Spanish-speaking populations.

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