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Local health literacy group pitches BE FAST stroke lessons for district curriculum
Summary
Children’s Health Literacy representatives told the board they want to partner with New Haven Public Schools to teach stroke recognition (BE FAST) to students and ambassadors, saying early recognition can reduce death and disability.
A representative from a national children’s health literacy initiative asked the New Haven Board of Education Monday to consider adding stroke-recognition lessons to the district’s health curriculum, saying the instruction is simple and could save lives.
Chauncey Evers, senior manager of clinical operations and quality and director of the Children’s Health Literacy Initiative, described a…
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