Stroke Awareness Foundation
Stroke Awareness Foundation
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About this organization
Mission
To improve community awareness of cerebrovascular disease and associated treatment and health issues through research, education, screening, outreach and communications, and to develop and implement appropriate programs and activities in the community for this purpose.
About
The Stroke Awareness Foundation (SAF) has improved community awareness and better prepared families and loved ones for what can be the devastating effects of stroke. Before SAF was founded in 2002, Santa Clara County had neither a single certified stroke center, nor a redirection policy to ensure stroke victims were taken to the proper hospital. Today, there is a different story to tell. SAF was instrumental in helping local hospitals to become Certified Stroke Centers. There are currently 6 Primary Stroke Centers certified by the Joint Commission for Accreditation , 1 Comprehensive Capable Center as well as 3 Comprehensive Stroke Centers in Santa Clara County. In 2003, Good Samaritan Hospital was the first of five in the country and the first in Santa Clara County to become a Stroke Certified Hospital. Stanford Hospital became the first in the country to receive the Joint Commission’s new Comprehensive Stroke Center certification. SAF advocated for a policy to redirect emergency medical transportation in Santa Clara County so that all stroke victims will be transported directly to a Certified Stroke Center. This ground-breaking legislation, unanimously approved by the Santa Clara Board of Supervisors, was the first of its kind in California. SAF has reached over millions of people through our participation in local health fairs and health related events including two regional symposiums at Stanford University. The “Act FAST!” message has been reflected on VTA buses, informational sticky notes, banners, newspapers articles in English, Spanish and Vietnamese. SAF continues to facilitate media advertising for National Stroke Alert Day with more than a dozen county agencies. SAF has received significant attention from local and national media outlets, such as San Jose Magazine, San Jose Business Journal, The San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley News, CNN and The Wall Street Journal.