STROKE AWARENESS

Encourages the members of The National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) and other legislators across the country to: partner with the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to promote the Power to End Stroke program as a precursor to a nationwide movement to address stroke as a serious health disparity in African-Americans; raise awareness that uncontrolled high blood pressure and diabetes in African-Americans raises the risk for stroke; and promote adherence to primary and secondary stroke prevention guidelines by healthcare professionals; and encourages NBCSL members, in collaboration with the American Hearth Association and American Stroke Association, to seek to introduce and enact policy that will create and expand Statewide coordinated systems of care for stroke, with special focus and attention on timely access to care, diagnosis, and the most advanced treatment for those most disproportionately affected by stroke.