Hip Hop Stroke
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Doug E. Fresh thrills kids at a National Stroke Association Hip Hop Stroke event:
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Thank you Brainiac Stroke Heroes for helping National Stroke Association name Mr. Brain!
The winning entry, Brainiac B, was submitted by Ketura Bidding, a Stroke Hero at P.S. 200 in Harlem, New York. As winner of this contest, Ketura receives an iPod Nano!!
Our second and third place winners were Nick Ciaccia, Stroke Hero at Vienna Elementary in Pfafftown, North Carolina and D. Anderson, Stroke Hero as P.S. 197 in Harlem, New York. They both receive Best Buy gift cards just in time for the holidays. |
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Educating Families by educating children
In 2004, National Stroke Association developed its Hip Hop Stroke program, working with children to educate families about stroke. Carried out primarily in urban K-12 schools, the program teaches children to develop lifelong health habits that prevent stroke and to recognize stroke symptoms. Children also learn to identify stroke as an emergency and to call 9-1-1. Hip hop music is incorporated in this program as an easy, yet entertaining method to teach stroke awareness to today's youth. This fun-interactive program engages children to take an active role in their own health, work with their family to track medical history of stroke and stroke risk factors, and prevention. While the program emphasizes educating African American Families who are at the highest risk for stroke, Hip Hop Stroke is essential and a valuable resource for all children and families. Representatives from National Stroke Association travel around the United States to present this unique program to educate children and families about stroke.
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