Improving Parent Sign-Up for a Children's Stroke Awareness Program
Behavioral Insights for Public Health Engagement: A Four-Arm School-Level Comparative Study on Parental Registration in FAST Heroes
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Brief Summary
Many families do not sign up for a school-based stroke awareness program (FAST Heroes) that teaches children and parents to recognize stroke symptoms and act quickly. This study compared four different ways of encouraging parents to complete online registration for the program: a printed letter sent home, an email, an email combined with follow-up reminders from teachers, and an email combined with teacher reminders plus an automated chatbot. Thirty-seven schools that had not previously had any parents register were assigned to one of these four approaches, and the study measured how many parents in each group registered within eight weeks. The goal was to identify practical, low-cost communication strategies that schools and public health programs can use to increase parent engagement with health education initiatives.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable stroke
Started Sep 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable stroke
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 11, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 15, 2025
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 15, 2025
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 29, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 4, 2026
CompletedAugust 5, 2026
August 1, 2026
9 months
July 29, 2026
August 4, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Parental Registration Rate
Proportion of parents who completed online registration for the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme, calculated per school condition.
Within 8 weeks of the initial registration prompt
Study Arms (4)
Printed Letter
ACTIVE COMPARATORSchools in this condition received a printed letter sent home with pupils inviting parents to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes programme.
Schools in this condition received an email sent directly to parents inviting them to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes programme.
E-mail Plus Teacher Feedback
EXPERIMENTALSchools in this condition received an email invitation to register, followed by weekly teacher-delivered reminders to parents for five weeks.
E-mail Plus Teacher Feedback Plus Chatbot
EXPERIMENTALSchools in this condition received an email invitation to register, weekly teacher-delivered reminders, and an automated chatbot sending weekly reminders to parents over the same five-week period.
Interventions
A printed letter sent home with pupils, inviting parents to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme.
An e-mail sent directly to parents inviting them to complete online registration for the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme.
An e-mail invitation to register, weekly teacher-delivered reminders, and an automated chatbot sending weekly reminders to parents, all over the same five-week period.
An e-mail invitation to register, followed by weekly reminders delivered by teachers to parents over a five-week period.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- School was implementing the FAST Heroes stroke awareness programme during the 2023-2024 school year
- Zero parental registrations recorded for the school prior to the start of the study (2024-2025 school year)
- School and/or parents provided informed consent to participate
You may not qualify if:
- Schools with one or more parental registrations already recorded prior to the study period
- Schools that did not provide consent to participate
- Schools not located in Greece
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Macedonia
Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece
Related Publications (1)
Tsakpounidou K, van der Merwe J, Klinke ME, Webb C, Ouriques Martins SC, Proios H. FAST Heroes: Results of Cross-Country Implementation of a Global School-Based Stroke Education Campaign. Front Public Health. 2022 Apr 18;10:849023. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.849023. eCollection 2022.
PMID: 35509512RESULT
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Maria Baskini, PhD
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 29, 2026
First Posted
August 4, 2026
Study Start
September 11, 2024
Primary Completion
June 15, 2025
Study Completion
June 15, 2025
Last Updated
August 5, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-08
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
- Time Frame
- Beginning 3 months and ending 3 years following article publication.
- Access Criteria
- Requests should be directed to the corresponding author, who will evaluate each request individually.
Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this study (after de-identification) will be available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.