Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence Among Stroke Survivors in Rural Kentucky
To test the feasibility and promise of a combined intervention provided by community health worker (CHW) in collaboration with pharmacy technician and pharmacist to improve hypertension and long-term stroke outcomes by identifying and reducing barriers to medication adherence among ischemic stroke survivors. This collaborative intervention involves a self-management program including an educational session on practical strategies to improve hypertension control (i.e., appropriately taking medications, necessity of treatment, and consequences of not taking medicine, etc.), complemented by individually-tailored sessions to identify and address barriers to medication adherence.
• Adult patients with history of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) in the past 2 years
• residing in a rural county in Kentucky